³“Then I will gather the remaining part of my flock from all the countries where I chased them. I will bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fertile and increase in number. ⁴I will put shepherds over them. Those shepherds will take care of them. My sheep will no longer be afraid or terrified, and not one of them will be missing,” declares the Lord.

⁵“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when I will grow a righteous branch for David.

He will be a king who will rule wisely.

He will do what is fair and right in the land.

⁶In his lifetime, Judah will be saved,

and Israel will live in safety.

This is the name that he will be given:

The Lord is our righteousness.

⁷“That is why the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people’s oaths will no longer be, ‘The Lord brought the people of Israel out of Egypt. As the Lord lives.…’ ⁸Instead, their oaths will be, ‘The Lord brought the descendants of the nation of Israel out of the land of the north and all the lands where he^ahad scattered them. As the Lord lives.…’ At that time they will live in their own land.

Read in Logos

Jeremiah 23:5: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.”

Footnotes

a 23:8 Greek; Masoretic Text “I.”