The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

They said, “An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”

Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.

No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”

“‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

Amos said: “The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.