In the cities of the mountains, the mountainous region of Judah, toward the north and northeast, in the cities of the vale, the plains or lowlands toward the Mediterranean Sea, and in the cities of the south, the semiarid region bordering on Arabia and the Sinaitic Peninsula, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the very detailed enumeration serving to lay stress on the completeness of the fulfillment, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord, for faithful shepherds kept a very careful count of the sheep entrusted to them. The words thus imply that a most watchful and provident care would again be exercised with regard to the believers.

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