Eze 34:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. scattered, because ... no shepherd-- that is, none worthy of the name, though there were some called shepherds ( ; ). Compare , where the sheep were scattered when the true Shepherd was smitten. God calls them "My sheep"; for they were not, as the shepherds treated them, their patrimony whereby to "feed themselves." meat to all ... beasts-- They became a prey to the Syrians, Ammon, Moab, and Assyria.

‏ Ezekiel 34:5

5. scattered, because ... no shepherd--that is, none worthy of the name, though there were some called shepherds (1Ki 22:17; Mt 9:36). Compare Mt 26:31, where the sheep were scattered when the true Shepherd was smitten. God calls them "My sheep"; for they were not, as the shepherds treated them, their patrimony whereby to "feed themselves."

meat to all ... beasts--They became a prey to the Syrians, Ammon, Moab, and Assyria.