For I am about to raise up in the land a shepherd who does not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the broken, or feed the healthy, but eats the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off their hooves. God will raise up a destructive leader who completely abandons shepherdly responsibility, instead extracting maximum benefit from the flock through brutal exploitation. This description of the false shepherd deliberately inverts all authentic shepherding duties—ignoring the lost, young, broken, and healthy while feeding only on the strong. The graphic image of eating flesh and tearing off hooves suggests violence and cannibalism, depicting leadership that consumes its own people. This verse portrays the judgment of receiving leaders who actively harm rather than serve the community.

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