The Restoration of Israel

¹¹ For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will ^(A)search for My sheep and seek them out. ^12 (B)As a shepherd ^[a]cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered ^[b]sheep, so I will ^[c](C)care for My ^[d]sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a ^(D)cloudy and gloomy day. ¹³ I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will ^(E)feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ^(F)streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. ¹⁴ I will feed them in a ^(G)good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in ^[e](H)rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵ I will ^(I)feed My flock and I will ^[f]lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God. ¹⁶ “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the ^(J)fat and the strong I will destroy. I will ^(K)feed them with judgment.

²⁰ Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ²¹ Because you push with side and with shoulder, and ^(A)thrust at all the ^[a]weak with your horns until you have scattered them ^[b]abroad, ²² therefore, I will ^(B)deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

²³ “Then I will ^(C)set over them one ^(D)shepherd, My servant ^(E)David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. ²⁴ And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant ^(F)David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.