Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
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. (St. Jerome)
But what reference can the prophet have to them?
