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.

He shall feed his flock - including all a shepherd's care: tend (; ; ; ).

Carry (them) in his bosom - applicable to Messiah's restoration of Israel, as sheep scattered in all lands, and unable to move of themselves to their own land (; ). As Israel was "carried from the womb"

(i:e., in its earliest days) (; Isaiah 63:11; ), so it shall be in "old age" (its latter days) (Isaiah 46:3).

Shall gently lead - as a thoughtful shepherd does the ewes 'giving suck,' (margin.) So Jacob, .

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