Bible Verses About Shepherd

Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd doth his flock,

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place--that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities--a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down.

In the cities of the hill-country, In the cities of the low country, And in the cities of the south, And in the land of Benjamin, And in the suburbs of Jerusalem, And in the cities of Judah, Again doth the flock pass by under the hands of the numberer, said Jehovah.

Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus on that of a couch.

And thou, O tower of Eder, Fort of the daughter of Zion, unto thee it cometh, Yea, come in hath the former rule, The kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people--

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour--who is Christ the Lord--in the city of David,

and this is to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

`Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men--good will.'

And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, `We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'