Ezekiel 34:23

Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Like a shepherd He will shepherd His flock; In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will shepherd you on knowledge and understanding.

“I will also raise up shepherds over them, and they will shepherd them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be left unattended,” declares Yahweh.

‘But they shall be a slave to Yahweh their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

‘And their mighty one shall be one of them, And their ruler shall come forth from their midst; And I will bring Him near, and He shall approach Me; For who would dare to give his heart as security to approach Me?’ declares Yahweh.

‘Behold, days are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will establish the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

“I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

“I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down,” declares Lord Yahweh.

and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

“And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My judgments and keep My statutes and do them.

And He will stand and shepherd His flock In the strength of Yahweh, In the majesty of the name of Yahweh His God. And they will remain Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth.

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd And against the man, My Associate,” Declares Yahweh of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.

“All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

“And I have other sheep, which are not from this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.