Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 10:21

21 For the Pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD ; therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

Not that the Prophet takes off all blame from the People, but that he layeth it [illegible: 1 letter] chiefly upon the Rulers of Church and State; for so is Pastor taken frequently. See chap. 23.1, 2, 3.

Not sought unto him, and taken him into their counsels.

The Prophet gives the reason why nothing went well with them, namely because there was no regard had to Godliness, without which we cannot expect a blessing upon any thing.

i. e. All, that have been committed to their care, shall be carried unto Babylon, and divers of them dispersed abroad into several Countries, for their sakes.