Readings for Celebrating Advent

²⁰ So this is what the Eternal Lord has to say to them: “Watch carefully! I will personally judge between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep.” ²¹ Because you fat sheep bully the weak, push them around, and threaten them with your horns until you scatter them to distant mountains, ²² I will step in and save them. I will rescue them, and they will no longer be hunted and hassled. I will judge between one sheep and another. ²³ I will designate one shepherd over the entire flock: My faithful servant, David. He will watch over them and care for them. He will be their shepherd.