¹³ But Jacob said to him, “My lord^(A) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.^(B) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.

⁴ Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(A) from there the Lord your God will gather^(B) you and bring you back.^(C)

¹² As a shepherd^(A) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.^{(B) 13} I will bring them out from the nations and gather^(C) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.^(D) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.^{(E) 14} I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel^(F) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture^(G) on the mountains of Israel.^(H)