2. This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, proclaims about the shepherds who "tend to" my people: You are the ones who have scattered my flock and driven them away. You haven’t attended to their needs, so I will take revenge on you for the terrible things you have done to them, declares the Lord.
3. I myself will gather the few remaining sheep from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
4. I will place over them shepherds who care for them. Then they will no longer be afraid or dread harm, nor will any be missing, declares the Lord.
5. The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up a righteous descendant from David’s line, and he will rule as a wise king. He will do what is just and right in the land.
6. During his lifetime, Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And his name will be The Lord Is Our Righteousness.
7. So the time is coming, declares the Lord, when no one will say, "As the Lord lives who brought up the Israelites from the land of Egypt."
8. Instead, they will say, "As the Lord lives who brought up the descendants of the people of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where he has banished them so that they can live in their own land."
9. As for the prophets:My heart inside me is broken;my body aches.I stagger like a drunkwho has had too much wine to drink,because of the Lordand because of God’s holy words.
10. Because the country teemswith adulterers,because of them,yes, because their might isn’t rightand their way is evil,the land dries up,and the grazing areas in the wilderness wither.
11. Both prophet and priest are godless;I even find their evil in my temple,declares the Lord.
12. Therefore, they will find themselves on slippery groundand will be thrust into darkness,where they will collapse.I will bring disaster upon them,when their time comes, declares the Lord.
13. In the prophets of SamariaI saw something shocking:They prophesied by Baaland led astray my people Israel.