Jeremiah: 23: 1-~ Faithful shepherd

The "House of David" is inscribed on this victory stele. Tel Dan, Israel, 9th Century BC. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
House of David Inscription, Biblical Archaeology
Material - Basalt Stone Stele
Israel Period of the Kings
Date: 858-824 BC
Language: Aramaic
Height: 32 cm
Width: 22 cm
Tel Dan, Galilee
Excavated by: Avraham Biran 1994
Location: Israel Museum, Jerusalem


Jeremiah 23:1-8

1 "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering
the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.
2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel,
says to the shepherds who tend my people:
"Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away
and have not bestowed care on them,
I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,"
declares the LORD.

3 "I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the
countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,
where they will be fruitful and increase in number.
4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them,
and they will no longer be afraid or terrified,
nor will any be missing," declares the LORD.

5 "The days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right in the land.

6 In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.
This is the name by which he will be called:
The LORD Our Righteousness.

7 "So then, the days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when people will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives,
who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,'
8 but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives,
who brought the descendants of Israel up out
of the land of the north and out of all the countries
where he had banished them.' Then they will live in their own land."