4. I will put shepherds over them. Those shepherds will take care of them. My sheep will no longer be afraid or terrified, and not one of them will be missing,” declares the Lord.
5. “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,“when I will grow a righteous branch for David.He will be a king who will rule wisely.He will do what is fair and right in the land.
6. In his lifetime, Judah will be saved,and Israel will live in safety.This is the name that he will be given:The Lord is our righteousness.
7. “That is why the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people’s oaths will no longer be, ‘The Lord brought the people of Israel out of Egypt. As the Lord lives. . . .’
8. Instead, their oaths will be, ‘The Lord brought the descendants of the nation of Israel out of the land of the north and all the lands where he had scattered them. As the Lord lives. . . .’ At that time they will live in their own land.
9. “⌊Say this⌋ about the prophets:I am deeply disturbed.All my bones tremble.I am like a drunk,like a person who has had too much wine,because of the Lord and his holy words.
10. The land is filled with adulterers.The land mourns because of the curse.Pastures in the wilderness have dried up.The people are evil,and they use their strength to do the wrong things.