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Isaiah 40:11

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.

KJV

Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet, in brachio suo congregabit agnos, et in sinu suo levabit ; fœtas ipse portabit.

Vulgate

ὡς ποιμὴν ποιμανεῖ τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ βραχίονι αὐτοῦ συνάξει ἄρνας, καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσας παρακαλέσει.

LXX

He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.

ASV

כְּ/רֹעֶה֙ עֶדְר֣/וֹ יִרְעֶ֔ה בִּ/זְרֹע/וֹ֙ יְקַבֵּ֣ץ טְלָאִ֔ים וּ/בְ/חֵיק֖/וֹ יִשָּׂ֑א עָל֖וֹת יְנַהֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 39×
זְר֣וֹעַ
zrv'
noun · 91×
טְלָאִ֔ים
tl'ym
noun · 1×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
ם
m
verb · 10×
ם
m
verb · 125×
עָל֔וֹת
'lvt
verb · 5×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • John 10:11 · echo
    "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep."
    Isaiah: he tends his flock like a shepherd — Jesus the good shepherd

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§754"The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.146
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. This chapter begins the great consolatory section of Isaiah. The voice crying in the wilderness — prepare ye the way of the Lord — is identified in the Gospels with John the Baptist. All flesh is grass, but the word of our God shall stand forever. The incomparable majesty of God is displayed in his power over creation: he measur…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:1 — And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
  • 1Pet 2:25 — For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
  • 1Pet 2:25 — For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
  • 1Pet 5:4 — And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
  • 1Pet 5:4 — And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
  • 1Thess 5:14 — Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
  • 2Sam 5:2 — Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Isr
  • 2Tim 2:24 — And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
  • Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
  • Deut 1:31 — And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
  • Eccl 12:11 — The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
  • Eph 5:29 — For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
  • Ezek 34:2 — Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the
  • Ezek 34:12 — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the
  • Ezek 34:12 — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the
  • Ezek 34:14 — I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
  • Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
  • Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
  • Ezek 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
  • Ezek 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
  • Ezek 34:31 — And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 34:31 — And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
  • Ezek 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
  • Gen 33:13 — And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
  • Gen 33:13 — And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
  • Gen 33:14 — Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
  • Gen 49:24 — But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
  • Heb 8:9 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded th
  • Heb 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,
  • Heb 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,
  • Isa 42:3 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
  • Isa 42:3 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
  • Isa 49:9 — That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
  • Isa 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
  • Isa 54:7 — For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
  • Isa 63:11 — Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
  • Jer 31:8 — Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together:
  • Jer 31:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
  • John 1:18 — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.