Daily Bible GNT October 20 Verses

¹⁷"Now then, my flock, I, the Sovereign LORD, tell you that I will judge each of you and separate the good from the bad, the sheep from the goats. ¹⁸Some of you are not satisfied with eating the best grass; you even trample down what you don't eat! You drink the clear water and muddy what you don't drink! ¹⁹My other sheep have to eat the grass you trample down and drink the water you muddy.

²⁰"So now, I, the Sovereign LORD, tell you that I will judge between you strong sheep and the weak sheep. ²¹You pushed the sick ones aside and butted them away from the flock. ²²But I will rescue my sheep and not let them be mistreated any more. I will judge each of my sheep and separate the good from the bad. ²³I will give them a king like my servant David to be their one shepherd, and he will take care of them. ²⁴I, the LORD, will be their God, and a king like my servant David will be their ruler. I have spoken. ²⁵I will make a covenant with them that guarantees their security. I will get rid of all the dangerous animals in the land, so that my sheep can live safely in the fields and sleep in the forests.

²⁶"I will bless them and let them live around my sacred hill. There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it. ²⁷The trees will bear fruit, the fields will produce crops, and everyone will live in safety on his own land. When I break my people's chains and set them free from those who made them slaves, then they will know that I am the LORD. ²⁸The heathen nations will not plunder them any more, and the wild animals will not kill and eat them. They will live in safety, and no one will terrify them. ²⁹I will give them fertile fields and put an end to hunger in the land. The other nations will not sneer at them any more. ³⁰Everyone will know that I protect Israel and that they are my people. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.

³¹"You, my sheep, the flock that I feed, are my people, and I am your God," says the Sovereign LORD.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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