Ezekiel 34:11-24 - The Lord God Will Seek Them Out
11 For thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will look to my sheep myself, and seek them. 12 Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 I will bring them out from all people, and gather them together out of all lands, I will bring them into their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the places of the country. 14 I will feed them in right good pastures, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their folds be. There shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed: even upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my sheep myself, and bring them to their rest, sayeth the LORD God. 16 Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
17 "'And as for you, O my sheep, sayeth the LORD God: I will put a difference among the sheep, among the wethers and the goats. 18 Was it not enough for you, to eat up the good pasture, but ye must tread down the residue of your pastures with your feet also? Was it not enough for you to drink clear water, but ye must trouble the residue also with your feet? 19 Thus my sheep must be fain to eat the thing that ye have trodden down with your feet, and to drink it that ye with your feet have defiled.
20 Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God unto them: Behold, I will sever the fat sheep from the lean: 21 forsomuch as ye have shot the weak sheep upon the sides and shoulders, and run upon them with your horns, so long till ye have utterly scattered them abroad. 22 I will help my sheep, so that they shall no more be spoiled: yea, I will discern one sheep from another. 23 I will raise up to them one only shepherd: even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David shall be their prince: Even I the LORD have spoken it.