Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich; and their own shepherds have no pity on them. This verse describes the systematic exploitation of God's people by leaders who treat them as commodities to be bought and sold for personal profit. The buyers' escape from judgment and the sellers' blasphemous claim of blessing reveal that false shepherds have abandoned all covenant responsibility toward their flock. The tragic note that shepherds lack pity suggests a complete inversion of the protective, compassionate role leadership should embody. This verse captures the moral depravity of leadership that abandons its sacred charge in favor of selfish exploitation.

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