15. I myself will feed my flock and make them lie down. This is what the Lord God says.
16. I will seek out the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the wounded, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy, because I will tend my sheep with justice.
17. As for you, my flock, the Lord God proclaims: I will judge between the rams and the bucks among the sheep and the goats.
18. Is feeding in good pasture or drinking clear water such a trivial thing that you should trample and muddy what is left with your feet?
19. But now my flock must feed on what your feet have trampled and drink water that your feet have muddied.
20. So the Lord God proclaims to them: I will judge between the fat and the lean sheep.
21. You shove with shoulder and flank, and with your horns you ram all the weak sheep until you’ve scattered them outside.
22. But I will rescue my flock so that they will never again be prey. I will even judge between the sheep!
23. I will appoint for them a single shepherd, and he will feed them. My servant David will feed them. He will be their shepherd.
24. I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be their prince. I, the Lord, have spoken.
25. I will make a covenant of peace for them, and I will banish the wild animals from the land. Then they will safely live in the desert and sleep in the forest.
26. I will give them and those around my hill a blessing by sending the rain in its season. They will be rains of blessing.
27. The trees in the field will bear fruit, and the earth will yield its harvest. They will be safe on their fertile land, and they will know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and deliver them from those who enslaved them.
28. The nations will no longer prey on them, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, with no one to trouble them.
29. I will establish for them a place famous for what it grows. No longer will they experience famine in the land, nor will they bear the disgrace of the nations.
30. They will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are my people. This is what the Lord God says.
31. You are my flock, the flock of my pasture. You are human, and I am your God. This is what the Lord God says.