Ezekiel 34:23-25

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²³ Then I will put over them one shepherd, my servant David [Is. 11:1; Jer. 30:9; Hos. 3:5; Mic. 5:2; ^Cthe Messiah envisioned as a new David]. He will feed them and tend them and be their shepherd. ²⁴ Then I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a ·ruler [prince] among them. I, the Lord, have spoken.

²⁵ “‘I will make an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] of peace with ·my sheep [^Lthem] and will remove ·harmful animals [wild beasts] from the land. Then the sheep will live safely in the ·desert [wilderness] and sleep in the woods.