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Wycliffe Bible

Jeremiah 3:15

and Y schal yyue to you scheepherdis after myn herte, and thei schulen feede you with kunnyng and teching.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Church;   Condescension of God;   God Continued...;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jesus, the Christ;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Feeding the Flock;   Food, Physical-Spiritual;   Food, Spiritual;   Leaders;   Ministers;   Names;   Religious;   Spiritual;   Titles and Names;   The Topic Concordance - Covenant;   Israel/jews;   Jerusalem;   Shepherds/pastors;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Church, the;   Ministers;   Titles and Names of Ministers;   Trinity, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;   Solomon's Song;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Shepherd;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gift, Giving;   Pastor;   Winterhouse;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;   Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Shepherd;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pastor;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ammi;   Feed;   Jeremiah;   Pastor;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Pastor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shemoneh 'Esreh;  

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.
Contemporary English Version
Then I'll appoint wise rulers who will obey me, and they will care for you like shepherds.
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.
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 Go thou, and crye these wordis ayens the north; and thou schalt seie, Thou aduersarie, Israel, turne ayen, seith the Lord, and Y schal not turne awei my face fro you; for Y am hooli, seith the Lord, and Y schal not be wrooth with outen ende. 13 Netheles knowe thou thi wickidnesse; for thou hast trespassid ayens thi Lord God, and thou hast spred abrood thi weies to aliens vndur ech tre ful of bowis; and thou herdist not my vois, seith the Lord. 14 Be ye conuertid, sones, turnynge ayen, seith the Lord, for Y am youre hosebonde; and Y schal take you oon of a citee, and tweyne of a kynrede, and Y schal lede you in to Sion; 15 and Y schal yyue to you scheepherdis after myn herte, and thei schulen feede you with kunnyng and teching. 16 And whanne ye schulen be multiplied, and encreesse in the lond, in tho daies, seith the Lord, thei schulen no more seie, The arke of testament of the Lord; nether it schal stie on the herte, nether thei schulen thenke on it, nether it schal be visitid, nether it schal be ferthere. 17 In that tyme thei schulen clepe Jerusalem The seete of the Lord, and alle hethene men schulen be gaderid togidere to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem; and thei schulen not go aftir the schrewidnesse of her worste herte. 18 In tho daies the hous of Juda schal go to the hous of Israel; and thei schulen come togidere fro the lond of the north to the lond which Y yaf to youre fadris. 19 Forsothe Y seide, Hou schal Y sette thee among sones, and schal yyue to thee a desirable lond, a ful cleer eritage of the oostis of hethene men? And Y seide, Thou schalt clepe me fadir, and thou schalt not ceesse to entre aftir me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
But and the serpent was feller than alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, whiche the Lord God hadde maad. Which serpent seide to the womman, Why comaundide God to you, that ye schulden not ete of ech tre of paradis?
Genesis 3:3
sothely God commaundide to vs, that we schulden not eate of the fruyt of the tre, which is in the myddis of paradijs, and that we schulden not touche it, lest perauenture we dien.
Genesis 3:4
Forsothe the serpent seide to the womman, ye schulen not die bi deeth;
Genesis 3:6
Therfore the womman seiy that the tre was good, and swete to ete, and fair to the iyen, and delitable in bi holdyng; and sche took of the fruyt therof, and eet, and yaf to hir hosebande, and he eet.
Genesis 3:7
And the iyen of bothe weren openid; and whanne thei knowen that thei weren nakid, thei sewden the leeues of a fige tre, and maden brechis to hem silf.
Genesis 3:8
And whanne thei herden the vois of the Lord God goynge in paradijs at the wynd after myddai, Adam and his wijf hidden hem fro the face of the Lord God in the middis of the tre of paradijs.
Genesis 3:10
And Adam seide, Y herde thi vois in paradijs, and Y drede, for Y was nakid, and Y hidde me.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord seide to the womman, Whi didist thou this thing? Which answerde, The serpent disseyued me, and Y eet.
Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God seide to the serpent, For thou didist this, thou schalt be cursid among alle lyuynge thingis and vnresonable beestis of erthe; thou schalt go on thi brest, and thou schalt ete erthe in alle daies of thi liif;
Genesis 3:15
Y schal sette enemytees bitwixe thee and the womman, and bitwixe thi seed and hir seed; sche schal breke thin heed, and thou schalt sette aspies to hir heele.

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.


 
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