Reference

Ezekiel 34:31

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
29

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

30

Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.

31

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Israel as Distinct

The verse identifies "my flock" as "men" and states God is their God, which are general descriptions that could apply to any group of people God chooses to shepherd, not exclusively to Israel as a distinct entity.