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The Good Shepherd

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The LORD as shepherd of his people — and the Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep.

One of Scripture's most tender images: God as a shepherd who leads, feeds, gathers, and seeks. David sings it in Psalm 23; Ezekiel rebukes the false shepherds and promises that God himself, and "my servant David," will shepherd the flock; Zechariah foresees the shepherd struck and the sheep scattered. Then Jesus says, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" — and Revelation ends with "the Lamb... will be their shepherd."
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    The LORD is my shepherd

    Psalms 23:1

    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    David's psalm: the shepherd who leads, restores, and walks with us through the valley.
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    God will shepherd his flock

    Ezekiel 34:15

    I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel condemns the false shepherds; God himself will seek and feed the sheep.
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    Strike the shepherd

    Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

    Zechariah foresees the shepherd struck and the sheep scattered — quoted of Jesus at Gethsemane.
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    "I am the good shepherd"

    John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

    Jesus lays down his life for the sheep and gathers one flock.
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    The great shepherd of the sheep

    Hebrews 13:20

    Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

    Hebrews blesses God who raised "the great shepherd" from the dead.
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    The Lamb who is their shepherd

    Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

    In glory the Lamb shepherds his people and wipes every tear away.