Idol Shepherd (The)
, Zech. ii. 17. “Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth his flock.” Idol shepherd means self seeking, counterfeit, pseudo; the shepherd that sets up himself to be worshipped by his people instead of God.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.