## the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture ##

Yahweh refers to Israel as his pasture, the people of Israel as his sheep and their leaders in Israel as the shepherds. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## Yahweh's declaration ##

See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:7](../01/07.md).

## You are scattering my flock and driving them away ##

These two clauses have similar meanings. The second one strengthens the thought in the first. (See” Parallelism)

## pay you back for the evil ##

Yahweh refers to evil actions like a loan that was given and can be paid back. AT: "have revenge for the evil"