July 22, 2012, Second Reading

The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 23: 1-6

23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, wahi a ka Haku.
23:2 Ma muli o kēia, ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova penei, ke Akua o ka Iseraela, to the shepherds who pasture my people: You have scattered my flock, and you have driven them away, and you have not visited them. Aia hoi, I will visit upon you because of your evil pursuits, wahi a ka Haku.
23:3 And I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the entire earth, from the places to which I had cast them out. And I will return them to their own fields. And they will increase and be multiplied.
23:4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, wahi a ka Haku.
23:5 Aia hoi, the days are approaching, wahi a ka Haku, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch. And a king will reign, and he will be wise. And he will exercise judgment and justice upon the earth.
23:6 I kēlā mau lā, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’

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