11 So the master Yahweh says this: Listen, I myself will search for those lost from my flock, and I myself will look after them, 12 like a shepherd searches for his sheep when he’s among his scattered flock. So I’ll look for my flock and I’ll rescue them from all the places where they were scattered during the dark times. 13 I’ll bring my people out from among the nations. I’ll gather them from foreign lands and bring them back to their land. I’ll put them in pastures on Yisrael’s (Israel’s) mountainsides, by the streams, and in every settlement in the land. 14 I’ll put them in good pastures—Yisrael’s high mountains will be their grazing places. They’ll lie down there in places good for grazing, in abundant pastures, and they’ll graze on Yisrael’s hills. 15 I myself will shepherd my flock, and I myself will give them rest. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.

16 I’ll search out the lost and restore the outcast. I’ll bandage up those who are broken and heal those who are sick, but I’ll destroy those who are fat and well. I will shepherd with justice.

17 So now this is what the master Yahweh says, You, my flock, listen, I’ll be a judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and billy goats. 18 Isn’t it enough to feed on the good pasture? Do you have to trample down any remaining grass? Or drink from clear waters, then muddy the streams with your feet? 19 Must my flock eat what you’ve trampled and drink what you’ve muddied with your feet?

20 Therefore the master Yahweh says this to them: Listen, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the thin ones, 21 because you shepherds have pushed them with your sides and shoulders, and you’ve gored all the weak ones with your horns until you succeeded in scattering them away from the land. 22 I’ll save my flock and they’ll no longer be taken as plunder, and I’ll judge between one sheep and the next. 23 I’ll set one shepherd over them—my servant David. He’ll look after them, and he’ll be their shepherd.[ref]