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Jeremiah 3:15

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13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

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.

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

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.

17 At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

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BSB
Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
KJV
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
WEB
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
ASV
and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
DARBY
And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
BLB
And I will give to you⁺ shepherds according to My heart, and they will shepherd you⁺ [with] knowledge and understanding.”
ÅB
Og jeg vil gi dere hyrder etter mitt hjerte, og de skal røkte dere med forstand og visdom.
OTB
Da vil jeg gi deg hyrder etter mitt eget hjerte, som vil lede deg med kunnskap og forståelse.
B1930
Og jeg vil gi eder hyrder efter mitt hjerte, og de skal røkte eder med forstand og visdom.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 23:4

    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.

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  • Acts 20:28

    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.

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  • Ephesians 4:11–12

    And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

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  • Ezekiel 34:23

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

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  • John 21:15–17

    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.”

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  • Isaiah 30:20–21

    The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

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  • Proverbs 10:21

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

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:1–2

    Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

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