They were like the earlier rulers in Israel of whom Jehovah had said: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have become feeders of themselves! Is it not the flock that the shepherds ought to feed?...
آنان مانند حاکمان پیشین اسرائیل بودند که دربارهٔ آنان یَهُوَه گفته بود :‏ « وای بر شبانان اسرائیل که خویشتنرا میچرانند آیا نمیباید شبانان گله را بچرانند .‏ .‏ .‏ .‏