took me as I followed the flock - So David was taken (2Sa 7:8; Psa 78:70, Psa 78:71). Messiah is the antitypical Shepherd (Psa 23:1-6; Joh 10:1-18).
unto my people - “against” [Maurer]; so Amo 7:16. Jehovah claims them still as His by right, though slighting His authority. God would recover them to His service by the prophet’s ministry.