Isaiah 40:11

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

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feed.
Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 63:11; Genesis 49:24; Psalms 23:1-6; Psalms 78:71; Psalms 78:72; Psalms 80:1; Ezekiel 34:12-14
Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:31; Ezekiel 37:24; Micah 5:4; John 10:11-16; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25
1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 7:17
he shall gather.
Isaiah 42:3; Genesis 33:13; Ezekiel 34:16; John 21:15-17; 1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2
shall gently lead.A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Ge 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."
are with young. or, give suck.