4. I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,’ declares the Lord.
5. ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord,‘when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,a King who will reign wiselyand do what is just and right in the land.
6. In his days Judah will be savedand Israel will live in safety.This is the name by which he will be called:The Lord Our Righteous Saviour.
7. ‘So then, the days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when people will no longer say, “As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,”
8. but they will say, “As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.” Then they will live in their own land.’
9. Concerning the prophets:My heart is broken within me;all my bones tremble.I am like a drunken man,like a strong man overcome by wine,because of the Lordand his holy words.
10. The land is full of adulterers;because of the curse the land lies parchedand the pastures in the wilderness are withered.The prophets follow an evil courseand use their power unjustly.
11. ‘Both prophet and priest are godless;even in my temple I find their wickedness,’declares the Lord.