Isaiah 40:11

New English Translation

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Cross References

Genesis 33:13

But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

Genesis 49:24

But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Psalm 100:3

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 27:10

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

Psalm 28:9

Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!

Psalm 80:1

O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

Isaiah 42:3

A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

Isaiah 63:11

His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,

Jeremiah 31:10

Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”

Jeremiah 31:8

Then I will reply, ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

Ezekiel 34:15

I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

Ezekiel 34:23

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:31

And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 37:24

“‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.

Micah 5:4

He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

Zechariah 11:7

So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one “Pleasantness” and the other “Binders,” and I tended the flock.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 2:25

For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

1 Peter 5:4

Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

Revelation 7:17

because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”