Jeremiah 23:4-6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴I will place new shepherds over my sheep. They will take care of my sheep, and my sheep will never again feel afraid. None of my sheep will be lost.” This message is from the Lord.

The Good “Branch”

⁵This message is from the Lord:
“The time is coming,
    when I will raise up a good ‘branch’ from David’s family.
He will be a king who will rule in a wise way.
    He will do what is fair and right in the land.
⁶When he rules, Judah will be saved,
    and Israel will live in safety.
This will be his name:
    The Lord Makes Things Right for Us.^[a]

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 23:6 The Lord Makes Things Right for Us This is a wordplay. In Hebrew this is like the name Zedekiah, the king of Judah at the time this prophecy was probably given. But Jeremiah is talking about another king.