He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
And thou Beit-Lechem, in the land of Yhudah, art not the least among the princes of Yhudah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Yisrael.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of Elohim that is in Yerushalayim.
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the holy ones,
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moshe thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O YY Elohim.
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilad, as in the days of old.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Yhudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Yisrael; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
For thus saith YY ; Sing with gladness for Yaakov, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O YY , save thy people, the remnant of Yisrael.
Hearken unto me, O house of Yaakov, and all the remnant of the house of Yisrael, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Oh that the salvation of Yisrael were come out of TZiyon! when YY bringeth back the captivity of his people, Yaakov shall rejoice, and Yisrael shall be glad.
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of YY , in the majesty of the name of YY his Elohim; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Yisrael spake I a word with any of the tribes of Yisrael, whom I Commanded to feed my people Yisrael, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that YY thy Elohim bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
I prayed therefore unto YY , and said, O YY Elohim, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.