Created Tuesday 02 July 2013
(23)(45) Eseg 34:11-16, 23-31
"Want so sê die Here HERE: Kyk, hier is Ek, en Ek sal na my skape vra en vir hulle sorg.
Soos 'n herder vir sy trop skape sorg op die dag as hy onder sy verspreide skape is, so sal Ek vir my skape sorg; en Ek sal hulle red uit al die plekke waarheen hulle verstrooi is, op die dag van wolke en donkerheid.
En Ek sal hulle uitlei uit die volke en versamel uit die lande en hulle bring in hul land; en Ek sal hulle laat wei op die berge van Israel, in die klowe en in al die bewoonbare plekke van die land. Op 'n goeie weiveld sal Ek hulle laat wei, en op die hoë berge van Israel sal hulle weiplek wees. Daar sal hulle lê op 'n goeie plek en wei in 'n geil weiveld op die berge van Israel.
Ek self sal my skape oppas, en Ek self sal hulle laat lê en rus, spreek die Here HERE.
Die wat verlore is, sal Ek soek, en wat weggedryf is, sal Ek terugbring, en wat gewond is, sal Ek verbind, en die siekes sal Ek versterk; maar die vettes en die sterkes sal Ek verdelg: Ek sal hulle oppas soos dit reg is.
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En Ek sal een enkele herder oor hulle verwek, en hy sal hulle laat wei, naamlik my kneg Dawid; hy sal hulle laat wei, en hy sal vir hulle 'n herder wees.
En Ek, die HERE, Ek sal vir hulle 'n God wees, en my kneg Dawid 'n vors in hulle midde. Ek, die HERE, het dit gespreek.
En Ek sal 'n verbond van vrede met hulle sluit en die wilde diere uit die land laat verdwyn; en hulle sal veilig bly in die woestyn en slaap in die bosse. En Ek sal hulle en die plekke rondom my heuwel tot 'n seën maak en die stortreën laat val op sy tyd; stortreëns van seën sal dit wees. En die bome van die veld sal hulle vrugte gee, en die land sal sy opbrings gee, en hulle sal veilig wees in hul land; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is as Ek hulle jukskeie stukkend breek en hulle red uit die hand van die wat hulle diensbaar gemaak het. En hulle sal nie meer 'n prooi vir die nasies wees nie, en die wilde diere van die land sal hulle nie opeet nie; maar hulle sal veilig woon sonder dat iemand hulle verskrik. En Ek sal vir hulle plante van naam verwek, sodat hulle nie meer deur hongersnood in die land weggeruk sal word nie en die smaad van die nasies nie meer sal dra nie.
Maar hulle sal weet dat Ek, die HERE hulle God, met hulle is, en dat hulle, die huis van Israel, my volk is, spreek die Here HERE.
En julle is my skape, die skape van my weide; julle is mense, Ek is julle God, spreek die Here HERE."
"For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.
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And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.
I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them. They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid. And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord God. And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God."
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