Ezekiel 34:23–31

^23*I will give them a king like my servant David to be their one shepherd, and he will take care of them. ^24*I, the Lord, will be their God, and a king like my servant David will be their ruler. I have spoken. ²⁵I will make a covenant with them that guarantees their security. I will get rid of all the dangerous animals in the land, so that my sheep can live safely in the fields and sleep in the forests.

²⁶“I will bless them and let them live round my sacred hill.^f There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it. ²⁷The trees will bear fruit, the fields will produce crops, and everyone will live in safety on his own land. When I break my people’s chains and set them free from those who made them slaves, then they will know that I am the Lord. ²⁸The heathen nations will not plunder them any more, and the wild animals will not kill and eat them. They will live in safety, and no one will terrify them. ²⁹I will give them fertile fields and put an end to hunger in the land. The other nations will not sneer at them any more. ³⁰Everyone will know that I protect Israel and that they are my people. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.

³¹“You, my sheep, the flock that I feed, are my people, and I am your God,” says the Sovereign Lord.