Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord your (A)God said to you, ‘You shall (B)shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.’ ”

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Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, (A)you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, (B)‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”

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71 From following (A)the ewes that had young He brought him,
(B)To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.

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Wherever I have (A)moved about with all the children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded (B)to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’

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And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

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‘But(A) you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler
(B)Who will shepherd My people Israel.’

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And He shall stand and (A)feed[a] His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God;
And they shall abide,
For now He (B)shall be great
To the ends of the earth;

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:4 shepherd

The Coming Messiah

“But you, (A)Bethlehem (B)Ephrathah,
Though you are little (C)among the (D)thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be (E)Ruler in Israel,
(F)Whose goings forth are from of old,
From [a]everlasting.”

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  1. Micah 5:2 Lit. the days of eternity

15 And I will give you (A)shepherds according to My heart, who will (B)feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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Indeed I have given him as (A)a witness to the people,
(B)A leader and commander for the people.

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11 He will (A)feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.

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Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (A)“Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,

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(A)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (B)to judge Your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

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  1. 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing

13 Therefore Saul removed him from [a]his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and (A)he went out and came in before the people.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:13 Lit. himself

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and (A)the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

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David Anointed King

16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? (B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to (C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For (D)I have [a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 16:1 Lit. seen

17 (A)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (B)like sheep which have no shepherd.”

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