^11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
    ^(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
^(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
    and gently lead those that are with young.

²² Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
    ^(A)and raise my signal to the peoples;
^(B)and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

^4 (A)Lift up your eyes all round, and see;
    they all gather together, they come to you;
^(B)your sons shall come from afar,
    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

¹² For thus says the Lord:
^(A)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and ^(B)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.