Shepherds Who Scatter the Flock

7/27 Reading Portions: Judg 10:1-11:11; Acts 14; Jer 23; Mark 9

WOE

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 23:1

While the word “scatter” did indicate a literally scattering “to all the countries where I have driven them” (Jer 23:3), especially in the case of the northern kingdom of Israel, the use of the words “shepherds,” “sheep,” and “pasture” signify a la…