Jeremiah 22:22

feed mg. feed upon, but rather shepherd, so as to preserve the play on words in the Heb.

shepherds See on Jeremiah 2:8. Thy leaders, in whom thou hast confidence, shall be driven like a flock into exile by the wind of adversity.

thy lovers perhaps inserted from Jeremiah 22:20, as being here superfluous from the metrical point of view.