Chapter 10 introduced the shepherd that God will raise up to care for his people. He will destroy the power of the enemy and deliver and restore Israel at his second coming. This anticipates a time when Israel will have accepted the shepherd to follow his leadership. In chapter 11 an earlier time is in view, the first advent of the Messiah, in which his own people tragically reject him, resulting in terrible consequences. The major portion of this chapter depicts this rejection by Israel of God’s provision of the good shepherd. It is preceded and followed by a statement of the consequences of this rejection. The opening three verses are in the form of a lament for the devastation of the land from Lebanon through the Jordan Valley, resulting from Israel’s rejection of their shepherd. The l…