Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Shepherd » One who cares for flocks of sheep
Hear the word of Yahweh, nations, and declare in the coastlands from afar, and say, "The scatterer of Israel will gather him, and he will keep him as a shepherd his flock.
Thus says Yahweh, "Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so shall the {people} of Israel who dwell in Samaria, with the corner of a couch and the damask of a bed."
And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.
These twenty years I [was] with you; your ewes and your female goats did not miscarry, and the rams of your flocks I did not eat. I brought no mangled carcass to you--I bore its loss. From my hand you sought it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. [There] I was, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness. And he led them safely and they were not afraid, but the sea covered their enemies.