1. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the Lord.
2. Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings,” says the Lord.
3. “I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful and multiply.
4. I will set up shepherds over them, who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says the Lord.
5. “Behold, the days come,” says the Lord,“that I will raise to David a righteous Branch,and he will reign as king and deal wisely,and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
6. In his days Judah will be saved,and Israel will dwell safely.This is his name by which he will be called:the Lord our righteousness.
7. “Therefore behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “that they will no more say, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
8. but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.”
9. Concerning the prophets:My heart within me is broken.All my bones shake.I am like a drunken man,and like a man whom wine has overcome,because of the Lord,and because of his holy words.