Jeremiah 23:1–8

The Branch of Righteousness

23“Woe ^ato the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. ²Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. ^bBehold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord. ³“But ^cI will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. ⁴I will set up ^dshepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord.

⁵“Behold, ^ethe days are coming,” says the Lord,

“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;

A King shall reign and ¹prosper,

^fAnd execute ²judgment and righteousness in the ³earth.

^6gIn His days Judah will be saved,

And Israel ^hwill dwell safely;

Now ⁱthis is His name by which He will be called:

⁴THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

⁷“Therefore, behold, ^jthe days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ ⁸but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country ^kand from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own ^lland.”