So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.
OJBAnd they were scattered, because there is no ro'eh; and they became okhel (food) to kol chayyat hasadeh, when they were scattered.
RVAnd they were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
T4TSo they were scattered, because you did not take care of them like [MET] a shepherd takes care of his sheep. And when they were scattered, it was as though wild animals attacked and killed them and ate their flesh.