Jeremiah 31:10

‘You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.

A Psalm of David. Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want.

Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;

“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.

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.

Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, cause this to be heard, Bring it forth to the end of the earth; Say, “Yahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob.”

“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.

and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea,

‘And I will return Israel back to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

“As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his sheep which are spread out, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

“Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many. But a ruler will make his reproach against him cease; moreover, he will repay him for his reproach.

“Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh.

And Yahweh their God will save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land.