\u201cWoe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!\u201d says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: \u201cYou have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, says the Lord.<\/p>\n
\u201cBehold, the days are coming, says 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. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: \u2018The Lord is our righteousness.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when men shall no longer say, \u2018As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,\u2019 but \u2018As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.\u2019 Then they shall dwell in their own land.\u201d<\/p>\n
–Jeremiah 23:1-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWoe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!\u201d says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: \u201cYou have scattered my flock, and have…<\/span><\/p>\n