John Trapp on Ezekiel 34:2

Ver. 2. Prophecy againſt the Shepherds] Good Shepherds they ſhould have been, but they were naught, Jer. 23. and naught would come of them, for their mal-adminiſtration.

Wo be to the Shepherds of Iſrael] Both to Princes and Prieſts, by whoſe evil governement the people were ſo bad, as in the former Chapter is fully ſet forth: Qualis rex, talis grex, the Sheep will follow the Shepherd: the common people are like a flock of Cranes; as the firſt flye, all follow.

Should not the Shepherds feed the flocks?] Such flocks eſpecially as have golden fleeces, precious ſouls? Oh feed, feed, feed, ſaith our Saviour to Peter, Joh. 21.15. feed them for my ſake (as the Syriack there hath it) rule them well, teach them well, go before them in good example, do all the offices of a faithful Shepherd to them, and be inſtant, or ſtand cloſe to the work, 2 Tim. 4.2. Dominus propè, the Arch-ſhepherd is at hand.