^12 (A)As a shepherd cares for his flock on a day when he is among his scattered ^[a]sheep, so I will ^(B)care for My ^[b]sheep and will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a ^(C)cloudy and gloomy day. ¹³ I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will ^(D)feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ^(E)streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. ¹⁴ I will feed them in a ^(F)good pasture, and their grazing place will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down in a good grazing place and feed in ^[c](G)rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

²³ “Then I will ^(A)appoint over them one ^(B)shepherd, My servant ^(C)David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.

³¹ “As for you, My ^(A)sheep, ^[a]the ^(B)sheep of My pasture, you are mankind, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.