³⁷ I will make you pass under the staff and will bring you within the bond of the covenant.^(A)

¹³ In the towns of the hill country, of the Shephelah, and of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.^(A)

³² All tithes of herd and flock, every tenth one that passes under the shepherd’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord.

³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,^{(A) 33} and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.

An Everlasting Covenant

⁵⁹ Yes, thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath, breaking the covenant,^{(A) 60} yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant.^(B)

¹⁷ As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats:^(A)

²⁵ I will bring the sword against you, executing vengeance for the covenant, and if you withdraw into your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into enemy hands.^(A)