3 I will bring the rest of my people home from the lands where I have scattered them, and they will grow into a mighty nation.
4 I promise to choose leaders who will care for them like real shepherds. All my people will be there, and they will never again be frightened.
5 Some day I will appointan honest kingfrom the family of David,a king who will be wiseand rule with justice.
6 As long as he is king,Israel will have peace,and Judah will be safe.The name of this king will be“The Lord Gives Justice”.
7 A time will come when you will again worship me. But you will no longer call me the Living God who rescued Israel from Egypt.
8 Instead, you will call me the Living God who rescued you from the land in the north and from all the other countries where I had forced you to go. And you will once again live in your own land.
9 When I think of the prophets,I am shocked, and I tremblelike someone drunk,because of the Lordand his sacred words.