Jeremiah

⁴I will set up shepherds over them, who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says the Lord. ⁵“Behold, the days come,” says the Lord,“that I will raise to David a righteous Branch,and he will reign as king and deal wisely,and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶In his days Judah will be saved,and Israel will dwell safely.This is his name by which he will be called:the Lord our righteousness. ⁷“Therefore behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “that they will no more say, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’ ⁸but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.” ⁹Concerning the prophets:My heart within me is broken.All my bones shake.I am like a drunken man,and like a man whom wine has overcome,because of the Lord,and because of his holy words. ¹⁰For the land is full of adulterers;for because of the curse the land mourns.The pastures of the wilderness have dried up.Their course is evil,and their might is not right;