^15 (A)I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, ^(B)and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. ^16 (C)I will seek the lost, ^(D)and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and ^(E)the fat and the strong I will destroy.^[a] I will feed them in justice.

¹⁷ “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: ^(F)Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and ^(G)male goats.

¹⁸ Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of ^(A)clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? ¹⁹ And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

²⁰ “Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

²³ And ^(A)I will set up over them one shepherd, ^(B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.