¹⁷ to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”^(A)

¹⁷ Then Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered^(A) on the hills like sheep without a shepherd,^(B) and the Lord said, ‘These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’”

⁵ So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,^(A) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.^(B)

⁶ My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.^(A) They were scattered^(B) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.^(C)