19. Must my flock eat what you crush, and must they drink what you make muddy with your feet?
20. “ ‘So this is what the Lord God says to them: I, myself, will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.
21. You push with your side and with your shoulder, and you knock down all the weak sheep with your horns until you have forced them away.
22. So I will save my flock; they will not be hurt anymore. I will judge between one sheep and another.
23. Then I will put over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and tend them and be their shepherd.
24. Then I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a ruler among them. I, the Lord, have spoken.
25. “ ‘I will make an agreement of peace with my sheep and will remove harmful animals from the land. Then the sheep will live safely in the desert and sleep in the woods.
26. I will bless them and let them live around my hill. I will cause the rains to come when it is time; there will be showers to bless them.
27. Also the trees in the countryside will give their fruit, and the land will give its harvest. And the sheep will be safe on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their captivity and save them from the power of those who made them slaves.
28. They will not be led captive by the nations again. The wild animals will not eat them, but they will live safely, and no one will make them afraid.