The Shepherd Struck

“Awake, O sword, against (A)my shepherd,
    against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.

(B)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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27 And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will (A)strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

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31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will (A)strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
    (B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
    and gently lead those that are with young.

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32 Behold, (A)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when (B)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and (C)will leave me alone. (D)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

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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.

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(A)So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named (B)Favor, the other I named (C)Union. (D)And I tended the sheep.

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[a] (A)But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    who are too little to be among the clans of (B)Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
    one who is to be (C)ruler in Israel,
(D)whose coming forth is (E)from of old,
    from ancient days.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

(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. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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(A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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10 The thief comes only to steal and (A)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 (B)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd (C)lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is (D)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (E)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (F)scatters them. 13 He flees because (G)he is a hired hand and (H)cares nothing for the sheep. 14 (I)I am the good shepherd. (J)I know my own and (K)my own know me, 15 (L)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and (M)I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And (N)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (O)I must bring them also, and (P)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (Q)one flock, (R)one shepherd. 17 (S)For this reason the Father loves me, (T)because (U)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 (V)No one takes it from me, but (W)I lay it down (X)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and (Y)I have authority to take it up again. (Z)This charge I have received from my Father.”

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(A)Ah, sword of the Lord!
    How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
    rest and be still!

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And when (A)the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the (B)unfading (C)crown of glory.

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18 For Christ also (A)suffered[a] (B)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (C)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (D)in the flesh but made alive (E)in the spirit,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:18 Some manuscripts died

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,

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21 (A)For our sake he made him to be sin (B)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become (C)the righteousness of God.

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25 (A)who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised (B)for our justification.

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27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son (B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone (C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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Thus said the Lord my God: (A)“Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.

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And he shall stand (A)and shepherd his flock (B)in the strength of the Lord,
    in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now (C)he shall be great
    to the ends of the earth.

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24 (A)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we (B)might die to sin and (C)live to righteousness. (D)By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For (E)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to (F)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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15 (A)All that the Father has is mine; (B)therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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23 Jesus answered him, (A)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (B)we will come to him and (C)make our home with him.

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