Jeremiah 23:1–8

The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch

¹“^aWoe to the shepherds who are ^bdestroying and scattering the ^csheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord.

²Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are ¹tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to ^aattend to you for the ^bevil of your deeds,” declares the Lord.

³“Then I Myself will ^agather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.

⁴“I will also raise up ^ashepherds over them and they will ¹tend them; and they will ^bnot be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, ^cnor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.

⁵“Behold, the ^adays are coming,” declares the Lord,

“When I will raise up for David a righteous ^1bBranch;

And He will ^creign as king and ²act wisely

And ^ddo justice and righteousness in the land.

⁶“In His days Judah will be saved,

And ^aIsrael will dwell securely;

And this is His ^bname by which He will be called,

‘The ^cLord our righteousness.’

⁷“^aTherefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,’

^8abut, ‘As the Lord lives, who ^bbrought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will live on their own soil.”