Ezekiel 34:11-12

The Lord further promised to search for His wandering sheep Himself, to care for them, and to deliver them from the places where they had scattered in the gloomy days of their national distress (cf. Jeremiah 30:17-22; Luke 15:4-7). There are several references to God as Israel’s Shepherd in the Old Testament (e.g. Ezekiel 34:6; Genesis 49:24; Psalms 23:1; Psalms 80:1; Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 31:10; cf. John 10:2-3; John 10:14-16).