22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.c 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tendd them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.e 24 I the Lord will be their God,f and my servant Davidg will be prince among them.h I the Lord have spoken.i

25 “ ‘I will make a covenantj of peacek with them and rid the land of savage beastsl so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.m 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.a n I will send down showers in season;o there will be showers of blessing.p 27 The trees will yield their fruitq and the ground will yield its crops;r the people will be secures in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoket and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.u 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,v and no one will make them afraid.w 29 I will provide for them a land renownedx for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of faminey in the land or bear the scornz of the nations.a 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.b 31 You are my sheep,c the sheep of my pasture,d and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”