He is the Good Shepherd

Sheep in the care of bad shepherds experienced

Pain

Discontentment

Thirst

Starvation

Sheep in the care of the Good Shepherd experienced

Food when hungry

Water when thirsty

Protection and contentment all the time

Woe to the shepherds who scatter the sheep (Jeremiah 23:1)

Jeremiah 23:1 NASB95

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord.

Woe to the shepherds who only take care of themselves (Ezekiel 34:2)

Ezekiel 34:2 NASB95

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?

They were scattered without a shepherd (Ezekiel 34:5)

Ezekiel 34:5 NASB95

“They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

“’The Lord is My Shepherd” links a lump of common clay to divine destiny. It means a mere mortal becomes the cherished object of divine diligence.” Phillip Keller

Isaiah 53:6

Isaiah 53:6 NASB95

All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.

John 10:1-4

John 10:1–4 NASB95

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. “But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. “To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. “When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.