I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power;<n id="1" /> they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.

Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you<n id="1" /> will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, I will take back<n id="1" /> my grain during the harvest time<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my new wine when it ripens;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will take away my wool and my flaxp> <p class="poetry">which I had provided<n id="4" /> in order to clothe her.<n id="5" />p>

Therefore, tell the Israelites, &#8216;I am the <sc>Lordsc>. I will bring you out<n id="1" /> from your enslavement to<n id="2" /> the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose,<n id="3" /> and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds;<n id="1" /> the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.p>

As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.<n id="1" />