"For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them... I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness... I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them. You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD." (excerpts from Ezekiel 34, NIV)