Yehezkiel 34:12-14

34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. ¹  34:13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land. 34:14 In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush ²  pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

Yehezkiel 36:8-11

36:8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. ³  36:9 For indeed, I am on your side; ⁴  I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted. 36:10 I will multiply your people ⁵  – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt. 36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ⁶  I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. ⁷  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

[34:12]  ¹ sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.

[34:14]  ² tn Heb “good.”

[36:8]  ³ tn Heb “they draw near to arrive.”

[36:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “I (am) toward you.”

[36:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will multiply on you human(s).”

[36:11]  ⁶ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “your beginning.”