³⁷ “I will make you ^(A)pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the ^(B)covenant;

^13 (A)In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again ^(B)pass under the hands of him who counts them,’ says the Lord.

³² And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever ^(A)passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord.

^32 (A)All the nations will be gathered before Him, and ^(B)He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. ³³ And He will set the ^(C)sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

⁵⁹ For thus says the Lord God: “I will deal with you as you have done, who ^(A)despised ^(B)the oath by breaking the covenant.

An Everlasting Covenant

⁶⁰ “Nevertheless I will ^(C)remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish ^(D)an everlasting covenant with you.

¹⁷ ‘And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats.