--- title: "Isaiah 40:11 | Bible Nudge" description: "Read Isaiah 40:11 in the World English Bible and King James Version, with what surrounds the passage and a question to sit with." url: "https://biblenudge.com/context/isaiah-40-11" lang: "en" image: "https://biblenudge.com/og/default.jpg" alternates: es: "https://biblenudge.com/es/contexto/isaias-40-11.md" --- [Your nudge](https://biblenudge.com/nudge) Read the passage # Isaiah 40:11 World English Bible He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young. In the King James Version 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. King James Version (Public Domain) ## What surrounds this passage Isaiah 40 describes God returning to a people worn out by a long ordeal. The shepherd picture covers the flock, the lambs carried in his arm, and the ones walking with their young. The verses on either side Isaiah 40:8-14, World English Bible 1. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.” 2. You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!” 3. Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 4. He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young. 5. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 6. Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor? 7. Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? A question to sit with Who is looking after you while you look after them? Why this one, and not these 3 passages were considered for this and turned down, each for a reason written at the time. Numbers 11:14 Moses saying the burden is too heavy for him alone is a close fit, but it is the same shape as the reviewed burnout passage and would duplicate that record rather than answer a different disclosure. Galatians 6:2 It is addressed to a community about carrying one another’s burdens. Given to the person already carrying one it becomes another instruction rather than any relief. Matthew 11:28-30 The reviewed anxiety passage, held there deliberately. Written about this passage - [A Joint Supplement and Early Memory Loss: What the New Study Found, What to Ask the Doctor, and Isaiah 40:11](https://biblenudge.com/blog/a-joint-supplement-and-early-memory-loss) A study on glucosamine and dementia is in the news. What it reports in its authors' own terms, what to bring to the doctor or pharmacist, and Isaiah 40:11 for a carer. - [Bible Verses for Cancer Caregivers: For the One Who Is Carrying](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-cancer-caregivers) Caring for someone with cancer? Isaiah 40:11 gently leads the ones carrying others. The passage, the seasons of cancer care, healing promises, and real help. - [Bible Verses for Dementia Caregivers: The One Leading Is Also Being Led](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-dementia-caregivers) Isaiah 40:11 gathers the lambs and gently leads those caring for young ones, so the carer is inside the scene too. The verse, its setting, and real help. - [Bible Verses for Nurses: For the Shift and the Drive Home](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-nurses) After a hard shift: Isaiah 40:11 for the drive home, the carers Scripture names, what nursing codes say about praying with patients, and words for Nurses Day. - [Choosing a Care Home for a Parent: What to Ask About Visits, Loneliness and Activities Before You Sign, and Isaiah 40:11 for the Decision](https://biblenudge.com/blog/choosing-a-care-home-for-a-parent) Between care home tours for a parent? Questions about visits and activities, inspection records by country, and Isaiah 40:11. - [What to Say to a Caregiver: Offers They Can Say Yes To, Words for a Card, and the Two Who Held Up Moses' Hands](https://biblenudge.com/blog/what-to-say-to-a-caregiver) Offers a tired caregiver can accept, Isaiah 40:11 for a card, kinder lines, words for a distant sibling, and help by country. - [What to Say to Someone Who Had a Miscarriage: Words to Send, the Partner, the Due Date, and the Prayers Churches Keep](https://biblenudge.com/blog/what-to-say-to-someone-who-had-a-miscarriage) Words to send after a miscarriage, a message for the partner, Psalm 34:18 with the verses around it, the due date, and the prayers churches keep. [Return to nudge](https://biblenudge.com/nudge)