Jeremiah 23:1-8

1“1Woe to the shepherds who are causing the 2sheep of My pasture to 3perish and are scattering them!” declares the Lord. 2Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are 4tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not been concerned about them; behold, I am going to 5call you to account for the 6evil of your deeds,” declares the Lord. 3“Then I Myself will 7gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. 4I will also raise up 8shepherds over them and they will 9tend them; and they will 10not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, 11nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.

5“Behold, the 12days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous 1314Branch; And He will 15reign as king and 16act wisely And 17do justice and righteousness in the land.6In His days Judah will be saved, And 18Israel will live securely; And this is His 19name by which He will be called, ‘The 20Lord Our Righteousness.’

7“21Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought the sons of Israel up from the land of Egypt,’ 822but, ‘As the Lord lives, who 23brought up and led the descendants of the household of Israel back from the north land and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will live on their own soil.”