This is what the Lord my God says:“ Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.

耶和华我的神如此说：“你撒迦利亚要牧养这将宰的群羊。

耶和华—我的上帝如此说：“你要牧养这群将宰的羊。

耶和华—我的神如此说：“你要牧养这群将宰的羊。

我的上帝耶和华说：“你去牧养这群待宰的羊吧。

耶和华我的神这样说：“你要牧养这将被宰杀的羊群。

耶和華－我的神如此說：「你－撒迦利亞要牧養這將宰的羣羊。

耶和華－我的上帝如此說：「你要牧養這羣將宰的羊。

耶和華－我的神如此說：「你要牧養這羣將宰的羊。

我的上帝耶和華說：「你去牧養這群待宰的羊吧。

耶和華我的神這樣說：“你要牧養這將被宰殺的羊群。

永恆主我的上帝這麼說：『這定被殺戮的羊羣、你務要牧養。

耶和華我的神如此說：「你要牧養這將被殺戮的羊群！

我上帝耶和華云、將宰之羊、爾其飼之、

我之上帝耶和華曰、將殺之羊、爾其牧之、

主我之天主如是諭我云、爾當牧彼將殺之羊、

This is what the Lord my God says:“ Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.

The Lord my God says,“ Take care of the sheep that are set apart to be sacrificed.

Thus said the Lord my God:“ Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.

The LORD my God says this:“ Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

This is what the Lord my God says:“ Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

Thus says the Lord my God,“ Feed the flock for slaughter,

Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

Yahweh my God says this:“ Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

The LORD my God says this:“ Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

Yahweh my God says:“ Feed the flock of slaughter.

So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter— the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.

And he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord’s strength, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. Then his people will live there undisturbed, for he will be highly honored around the world.

After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter replied,“ you know I love you.”“ Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.Jesus repeated the question:“ Simon son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter said,“ you know I love you.”“ Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.A third time he asked him,“ Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said,“ Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Then feed my sheep.

Then Jesus said to the woman,“ I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep— the people of Israel.”

Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.“ How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.”

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.

O Zion, messenger of good news, shout from the mountaintops! Shout it louder, O Jerusalem. Shout, and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah,“ Your God is coming!”Yes, the Sovereign Lord is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

I replied,“ But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose. Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.”And now the Lord speaks— the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him. The Lord has honored me, and my God has given me strength.

“ Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said,“ for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them,‘ I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.

And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!