²⁴ “My servant ^(A)David ^(B)shall be king over them, and they shall all have ^(C)one shepherd. ^(D)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.

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. ²⁴ And ^(C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. ^(D)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

⁵ Afterward ^(A)the children of Israel shall return and ^(B)seek the Lord their God, and ^(C)David their king, ^(D)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the ^(E)latter days.

Benediction

²⁰ Now ^(A)may the God of peace ^(B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, ^(C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by ^(D)the blood of the eternal covenant,

^25 (A)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there ^(B)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince ^(C)forever.

^27 (A)And I will put my Spirit within you, ^(B)and cause you to walk in my statutes and ^(C)be careful to obey my rules.^[a]

⁹ But they shall serve the Lord their God and ^(A)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

^5 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous ^(B)Branch, and ^(C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.