Jeremiah 3:15

Contemporary English Version

Then I'll appoint wise rulers who will obey me, and they will care for you like shepherds.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill.

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

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

English Standard Version
"‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

New American Standard Bible
"Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you knowledge and understanding.

New Century Version
Then I will give you new rulers who will be faithful to me, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

Amplified Bible
"Then [in the final time] I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and [true] understanding.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will giue you pastours according to mine heart, which shal feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will shepherd you on knowledge and understanding.

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

Complete Jewish Bible
I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
Then I will give you new rulers who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will give you rulers according to my own heart, who will govern you with knowledge and understanding.

Good News Translation
I will give you rulers who obey me, and they will rule you with wisdom and understanding.

Lexham English Bible
Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart and they will feed you knowledge and insight.

Literal Translation
And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and will geue you hyrdme after myne owne mynde, which shal fede you with lernynge and wy?dome.

American Standard Version
And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed 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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

King James Version (1611)
And I will giue you Pastours according to mine heart, which shall feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And wyll geue you heardmen after myne owne mynde, which shall feede you with learnyng and wisdome.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.

English Revised Version
and I will give you shepherds according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y schal yyue to you scheepherdis after myn herte, and thei schulen feede you with kunnyng and teching.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will give you pastors according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

New English Translation
I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.

New King James Version
And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

New Living Translation
And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will guide you with knowledge and understanding.

New Life Bible
Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with much learning and understanding.

New Revised Standard
I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and will give you shepherds according to mine own heart, - who will feed you with knowledge and discretion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

Revised Standard Version
"'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will 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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.

Contextual Overview

¹² Jeremiah, shout toward the north: Israel, I am your Lord — come back to me! You were unfaithful and made me furious, but I am merciful, and so I will forgive you. ¹³ Just admit that you rebelled and worshiped foreign gods under large trees everywhere. ¹⁴ You are unfaithful children, but you belong to me. Come home! I'll take one or two of you from each town and clan and bring you to Zion. ¹⁵ Then I'll appoint wise rulers who will obey me, and they will care for you like shepherds. ¹⁶ You will increase in numbers, and there will be no need to remember the sacred chest or to make a new one. ¹⁷ The whole city of Jerusalem will be my throne. All nations will come here to worship me, and they will no longer follow their stubborn, evil hearts. ¹⁸ Then, in countries to the north, you people of Judah and Israel will be reunited, and you will return to the land I gave your ancestors. ¹⁹ I have always wanted to treat you as my children and give you the best land, the most beautiful on earth. I wanted you to call me "Father" and not turn from me.

Bible Verse Review
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And I: Jeremiah 23:4, 1 Samuel 13:14, Isaiah 30:20, Isaiah 30:21, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24, Micah 5:4, Micah 5:5, John 10:1-5, John 21:15-17, Ephesians 4:11, Ephesians 4:12, 1 Peter 5:1-4

which shall: Proverbs 10:21, Luke 12:42, John 21:15, John 21:17, Acts 20:28, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 3:2, Hebrews 5:12-14, 1 Peter 2:2, 1 Peter 5:2

Reciprocal: Numbers 27:16 - set a man 2 Samuel 7:7 - feed 1 Chronicles 11:2 - Thou shalt Ezra 8:18 - a man of understanding Ezekiel 34:15 - General Hosea 2:19 - And I will Matthew 9:38 - that Luke 10:2 - the Lord Colossians 1:28 - in all

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The snake was sneakier than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. One day it came to the woman and asked, "Did God tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"

Genesis 3:3
except the one in the middle. He told us not to eat fruit from that tree or even to touch it. If we do, we will die."

Genesis 3:4
"No, you won't!" the snake replied.

Genesis 3:6
The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

Genesis 3:7
Right away they saw what they had done, and they realized they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together to make something to cover themselves.

Genesis 3:8
Late in the afternoon a breeze began to blow, and the man and woman heard the Lord God walking in the garden. They were frightened and hid behind some trees.

Genesis 3:10
The man answered, "I was naked, and when I heard you walking through the garden, I was frightened and hid!"

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God then asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake tricked me," she answered. "And I ate some of that fruit."

Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake: "Because of what you have done, you will be the only animal to suffer this curse— For as long as you live, you will crawl on your stomach and eat dirt.

Genesis 3:15
You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart,.... Which is to be understood not of political rulers and governors, but ministers of the word; who are "pastors" or "shepherds" under Christ the great Shepherd, and are "gifts" of his to the churches, and "according to his heart"; or "conformable to his mind", as the Arabic version; whom he calls, qualifies, puts into the ministry, and sends forth; whom he holds in his right hand, and keeps as the apple of his eye; who do his will, as the Targum, and feed men according to his heart: and as this prophecy belongs to Gospel times, as appears both by what goes before and by what follows, the apostles of Christ and first ministers of the Gospel are chiefly designed; though it might have some accomplishment in Nehemiah and Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, at and after the Jews return from Babylon; but a more complete one in the times mentioned: so Kimchi says, these are they that shall be with the King Messiah, according to Micah 5:5:

which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding; with things worthy to be known and understood; with the solid and substantial truths of the Gospel, and by faithfully administering the ordinances of it; and in all directing to Christ the bread of life: or, "shall rule you" f not in an arbitrary way, according to their own ills, but according to the laws of Christ: these words, with knowledge and understanding, may either intend the matter with which these pastors should feed the church; which is what tends to spiritual knowledge and understanding, and an increase thereof; and which is blessed of God to such a purpose, though they themselves cannot give it: or else the manner in which they should feed or rule; that is, wisely and "prudently", as the Arabic version renders it: they feed wisely and prudently when they rightly divide the word of truth, and give to every one their portion of meat in due season; and feed them in proportion to their age and capacity, give milk to babes, and meat to strong men: and they rule with wisdom and prudence when they govern according to the laws of Christ, and take care that they are put in execution; and do all things decently and in order; and, as David, feed the flock according to the integrity of their hearts, and guide them by the skilfulness of their hands, Psalms 78:72.

f ורעו "regent", Gataker.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pastors - “Kings, rulers” (compare Jeremiah 2:8). Not military usurpers Hosea 8:4, but true servants of God, as David 1 Samuel 13:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 3:15. I will give you pastors according to mine heart — The pastor means either the king or the prophet; and the pastors here promised may be either kings or prophets, or both. These shall be according to God's own heart; they shall be of his own choosing and shall be qualified by himself: and in consequence they shall feed the people with knowledge, דעה deah, that Divine truth concerning the true God and the best interests of man, which was essentially necessary to their salvation; and understanding השכיל haskeil, the full interpretation of every point, that in receiving the truth they might become wise, holy, and happy.