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A Call to Repentance

Jeremiah 3:15

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
And I have given shepherds to you || According to My own heart, || And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.
YLT
And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.
DBY
And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
DRC
And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.
GNV
And I will giue you pastours according to mine heart, which shall feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding.
JPS
and I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
LXXE
and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְנָתַתִּ֥י לָכֶ֛ם רֹעִ֖ים כְּלִבִּ֑י וְרָע֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם דֵּעָ֥ה וְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃
LXX-Br
καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ποιμένας κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, καὶ ποιμανοῦσιν ὑμᾶς ποιμαίνοντες μετʼ ἐπιστήμης.

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  • Jeremiah 23:4I 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.
  • Acts 20:28Keep 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.
  • Ephesians 4:11–12And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
  • Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
  • John 21:15–17When 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.” Jesus asked a second time,…
  • Isaiah 30:20–21The 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. And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears…
  • Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
  • Luke 12:42And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
  • 1 Corinthians 3:1–2Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
  • Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
  • 1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
  • 1 Corinthians 2:12–13We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught…
  • John 10:1–5“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens…
  • 1 Peter 5:1–4As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of…
  • 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
  • Micah 5:4–5He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth. And He will be our…

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