Jeremiah 3:15 “Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you w…”

Jeremiah 3:15

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

World English Bible

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

American Standard Version

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will giue you pastours according to mine heart, which shall feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.

Darby Translation

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

Bible in Basic English

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

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Cross references

“And I”

Jeremiah 23:4 Ezekiel 34:23 John 21:15–17 Ezekiel 37:24 John 10:1–5 1 Peter 5:1–4

Jeremiah 23:4 · BSB

I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:23 · BSB

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

John 21:15–17 · BSB

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

John 10:1–5 · BSB

“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

1 Peter 5:1–4 · BSB

As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

“which shall”

Acts 20:28 Proverbs 10:21 Luke 12:42 1 Corinthians 2:6 1 Peter 2:2 Hebrews 5:12–14

Acts 20:28 · BSB

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Proverbs 10:21 · BSB

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

Luke 12:42 · BSB

And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

1 Corinthians 2:6 · BSB

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

1 Peter 2:2 · BSB

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Hebrews 5:12–14 · BSB

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

16“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.

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