CHAP. XXIII.
1 WO be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the LORD a.
2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Is∣rael against the pastors that feed my people b, Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them c; Behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD d.
3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countreys whither I have driven them e, and will bring them again to their folds f, and they shall be fruitful, and increase g.
4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them h, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed i, neither shall they be lacking saith the LORD k.
5 ¶ Behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David, a righte∣ous branch l, and a king shall reign, and pro∣sper, and shall execute justice, and judgment in the earth m.
6 In his dayes Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely u: and this is his name whereby he shall be called † THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS w.
7 Therefore behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt.
8 But the LORD liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north-country, and from all countreys whither I had driven them, and they shall dwell in their own land x.