Jeremiah Chapter 3 verse 15 Holy Bible
and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
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And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.
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Jeremiah 3 : 15 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Pastors. In Jeremiah 23:4, the same word is rendered in the Authorized Version "shepherds," which would he less open to misunderstanding here than "pastors," civil and not spiritual authorities being intended (see on Jeremiah 2:8). The prophecy is, of course, not inconsistent with passages like Jeremiah 23:5, but as the national continuance of Israel was guaranteed, it was natural to refer to the subordinate civil authorities. According to mine heart; better, according to my mind; for here, as also in 1 Samuel 13:14, it is something very far from perfection which is ascribed to the chosen rulers. "Heart" is sometimes equivalent to "understanding."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Pastors.--As in Jeremiah 2:8, of kings and rulers, not of priests. Compare Jeremiah 23:1-5. The phrase "according to mine heart" brings David to our thoughts (1Samuel 13:14). There should be a return to the true pattern of the ideal ruler. In the "knowledge and understanding" we have an echo from Isaiah 11:1-4.
