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Jeremiah 3:15

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and I will give you shepherds according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And I will give you pastors according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— and will give you shepherds, according to mine own heart,—who will feed you, with knowledge and discretion.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And I will giue you pastours according to mine heart, which shal feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And I will giue you Pastours according to mine heart, which shall feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And I will give you rulers according to my own heart, who will govern you with knowledge and understanding.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And I will give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
you pastors 7462
{7462} Prime
רָעָה
ra`ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to tend a flock, that is, pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
according to mine heart, 3820
{3820} Prime
לֵב
leb
{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
which shall feed 7462
{7462} Prime
רָעָה
ra`ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to tend a flock, that is, pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
you with knowledge 1844
{1844} Prime
דֵּעָה
de`ah
{day-aw'}
Feminine of H1843; knowledge.
and understanding. 7919
{7919} Prime
שָׂכַל
sakal
{saw-kal'}
A primitive root; to be (causeatively make or act) circumspect and hence intelligent.
z8687
<8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 1162
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 3:15

_ _ pastors — not religious, but civil rulers, as Zerubbabel, Nehemiah (Jeremiah 23:4; Jeremiah 2:8).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 3:12-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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And I:

Jeremiah 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
1 Samuel 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the LORD commanded thee.
Isaiah 30:20-21 And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: ... And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Ezekiel 34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Ezekiel 37:24 And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Micah 5:4-5 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. ... And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
John 10:1-5 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ... And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
John 21:15-17 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. ... He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Ephesians 4:11-12 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ... For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
1 Peter 5:1-4 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: ... And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

which shall:

Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] lord shall make ruler over his household, to give [them their] portion of meat in due season?
John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. ... Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. ... I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.
Hebrews 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. ... But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
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1S 13:14. Pv 10:21. Is 30:20. Jr 23:4. Ezk 34:23; 37:24. Mi 5:4. Lk 12:42. Jn 10:1; 21:15, 17. Ac 20:28. 1Co 2:6, 12; 3:1. Ep 4:11. He 5:12. 1P 2:2; 5:1, 2.

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