Ezekiel 34:22-28

New International Version

²² I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.^{(A) 23} I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend^(B) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.^{(C) 24} I the Lord will be their God,^(D) and my servant David^(E) will be prince among them.^(F) I the Lord have spoken.^(G)

²⁵ “‘I will make a covenant^(H) of peace^(I) with them and rid the land of savage beasts^(J) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.^{(K) 26} I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.^[a](L) I will send down showers in season;^(M) there will be showers of blessing.^{(N) 27} The trees will yield their fruit^(O) and the ground will yield its crops;^(P) the people will be secure^(Q) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke^(R) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.^{(S) 28} They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,^(T) and no one will make them afraid.^(U)