¹⁶ And the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land.

³ And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.

³ Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.

² Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

³ Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

⁴ And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

²⁷ My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

³² Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

²³ This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.

²³ In that day, says the Lord of armies, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you as a jewelled ring: for I have taken you to be mine, says the Lord of armies.

²⁰ At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.

¹⁴ Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.

⁴ And this will be our peace: when the Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.

³¹ And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.

²² I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.

²³ And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

²⁴ And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

²⁵ And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

²⁶ And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.

¹¹ For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

³ And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.

¹⁴ And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

³ And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.

¹⁰ See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.

¹⁰ And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

¹¹ And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

¹² And he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.