11. “For this is what the Sovereign lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep.
12. I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.
13. I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers and in all the places where people live.
14. Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in the lush pastures of the hills.
15. I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign lord.
16. I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!
17. “And as for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign lord says to his people: I will judge between one animal of the flock and another, separating the sheep from the goats.