His people will be like sheep grazing in their own pasture, and they will take off what was left by others.

Anyone who is able to save only one young cow and two sheep,

The hills where you once planted crops will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. You will be afraid to go there, and your cattle, sheep, and goats will be turned loose on those hills.

Everyone will run to their homelands, just as hunted deer run, and sheep scatter when they have no shepherd.

No one will live in Babylon. Even nomads won't camp nearby, and shepherds won't let their sheep rest there.

The poor and needy will find pastures for their sheep and will live in safety. But I will starve some of you, and others will be killed.

The villages around Aroer will be deserted, with only sheep living there and no one to bother them.

The Lord All-Powerful said to me, “I will roar and attack like a fearless lion not frightened by the shouts of shepherds trying to protect their sheep. That's how I will come down and fight on Mount Zion.

The palace will be deserted, the crowded city empty. Fortresses and towers will forever become playgrounds for wild donkeys and pastures for sheep.

The Lord cares for his nation, just as shepherds care for their flocks. He carries the lambs in his arms, while gently leading the mother sheep.

You have not honored me by sacrificing sheep or other animals. And I have not burdened you with demands for sacrifices or sweet-smelling incense.

All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the Lord gave him the punishment we deserved.

He was painfully abused, but he did not complain. He was silent like a lamb being led to the butcher, as quiet as a sheep having its wool cut off.

You stupid leaders are a pack of hungry and greedy dogs that never get enough. You are shepherds who mistreat your own sheep for selfish gain.

Every sheep of Kedar will come to you; rams from Nebaioth will be yours as well. I will accept them as offerings and bring honor to my temple.

They will hire foreigners to take care of their sheep and their vineyards.

My people will worship me. Then the coastlands of Sharon and the land as far as Achor Valley will turn into pastureland where cattle and sheep will feed and rest.