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I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Month. That is, in a very short time. By these three shepherds probably are meant the latter princes and high priests of the Jews, whose reign was short. Challoner.—Ismael, Joseph, and Ananus, all obtained the dignity in one year; and as they and their predecessors were actuated by avarice, they could not fail being displeasing to God. Galba, Otho, and Vitellius were likewise cut off in little more than a year, when Vespasian succeeded, and his son took Jerusalem. Calmet.—The Jews pretend that Moses, Aaron, and Mary are here meant. Saint Jerome—But what reference can the prophet have to them?
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