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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will guide you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will shepherd you on knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Then [in the final time] I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and [true] understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will give you shepherds who are loyal to Me, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I'll appoint wise rulers who will obey me, and they will care for you like shepherds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I will give you shepherds according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will give you shepherds after my own heart. They will be shepherds who feed you with knowledge and insight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will give you rulers who obey me, and they will rule you with wisdom and understanding. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll give you shepherds after my own heart, and they'll shepherd you with knowledge and good sense."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will give you pastors according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have given shepherds to you "" According to My own heart, "" And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I gave to you shepherds according to my heart, and they fed you with knowledge and understanding.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will give you pastors according to my own heart. And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will appoint for you shepherds after my own heart, who will shepherd you wisely and prudently. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will give you rulers according to my own heart, who will govern you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall give to you Shepherds according to my heart, and they shall shepherd you with knowledge and with understanding<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=833" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/3.htm">Invitation to Repentance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>“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. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">Then I will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘îm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">shepherds</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: kə·lib·bî (Prep-k:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">My own heart,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: wə·rā·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">who will feed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1844.htm" title="1844: dê·‘āh (N-fs) -- Knowledge. Feminine of dea'; knowledge.">you with knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/7919.htm" title="7919: wə·haś·kêl (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be, circumspect, intelligent. A primitive root; to be circumspect and hence, intelligent.">and understanding.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>“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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Ezekiel 34:23</a></span><br />I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11-16</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. / As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. / I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-16</a></span><br />I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-4</a></span><br />Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. / And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-3</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a></span><br />He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a></span><br />When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20-21</a></span><br />Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, / equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35</a></span><br />Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-4.htm">Micah 5:4</a></span><br />He 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-4.htm">Zechariah 11:4-5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter, / whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/21-15.htm">John 21:15-17</a></span><br />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.” / Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” / Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm">Ephesians 4:11-12</a></span><br />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, / to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-7</a></span><br />This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. / An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, / not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.</p><p class="hdg">and I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-4.htm">Jeremiah 23:4</a></b></br> And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a></b></br> But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him <i>to be</i> captain over his people, because thou hast not kept <i>that</i> which the LORD commanded thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-20.htm">Isaiah 30:20,21</a></b></br> And <i>though</i> the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: … </p><p class="hdg">which shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/10-21.htm">Proverbs 10:21</a></b></br> The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-42.htm">Luke 12:42</a></b></br> And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom <i>his</i> lord shall make ruler over his household, to give <i>them their</i> portion of meat in due season?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/21-15.htm">John 21:15,17</a></b></br> So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, <i>son</i> of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-18.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Pastors</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Pastors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">God's great mercy to Judah the polluted land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Judah is worse than Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">The promises of the gospel to the penitent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart</b><br>This phrase indicates God's promise to provide leaders who align with His will and character. In the historical context, Israel had suffered under corrupt and self-serving leaders. The term "shepherds" is often used in the Bible to describe leaders, including kings and prophets, who are responsible for guiding and caring for God's people. This promise echoes the qualities of King David, who was described as a man after God's own heart (<a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>). It also foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>), who perfectly embodies God's heart and leads His people with love and righteousness.<p><b>who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes the role of these shepherds in providing spiritual nourishment and guidance. Knowledge and understanding are crucial for the spiritual growth and well-being of God's people. In the biblical context, this refers to a deep, intimate knowledge of God and His ways, as opposed to mere intellectual understanding. The leaders God promises will teach His people His laws and ways, leading them to live in accordance with His will. This aligns with the New Testament teaching where Jesus, as the ultimate Shepherd, imparts wisdom and understanding to His followers through the Holy Spirit (<a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a>). The emphasis on knowledge and understanding also highlights the importance of discernment and wisdom in leadership, ensuring that God's people are led in truth and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, often rebuked by God through prophets like Jeremiah for their idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shepherds.htm">Shepherds</a></b><br>Symbolic leaders or spiritual guides appointed by God to care for His people, providing them with spiritual nourishment and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_of_leaders.htm">God's Provision of Leaders</a></b><br>God promises to provide leaders who are aligned with His heart, emphasizing the importance of spiritual leadership that reflects God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_shepherds.htm">Role of Shepherds</a></b><br>True shepherds are tasked with feeding the flock with knowledge and understanding, highlighting the importance of sound doctrine and teaching in the church.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_alignment.htm">Heart Alignment</a></b><br>Leaders after God's own heart prioritize God's will and the spiritual well-being of the people over personal ambition or gain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Just as physical food sustains the body, spiritual knowledge and understanding sustain the soul, underscoring the need for regular engagement with God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_of_leaders.htm">Accountability of Leaders</a></b><br>Church leaders are accountable to God for how they shepherd His people, reminding us of the seriousness of spiritual leadership.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_cleopatra.htm">Is God greater than our hearts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_chronic_pain.htm">What does it mean God sees the heart?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_live_in_truth_and_love_with_god.htm">How can we live in truth and love through God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_vocational_ministry.htm">What defines vocational ministry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Pastors.</span>--As in <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm" title="The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.">Jeremiah 2:8</a>, of kings and rulers, not of priests. Compare <a href="/context/jeremiah/23-1.htm" title="Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! said the LORD.">Jeremiah 23:1-5</a>. The phrase "according to mine heart" brings David to our thoughts (<a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm" title="But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be captain over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you.">1Samuel 13:14</a>). There should be a return to the true pattern of the ideal ruler. In the "knowledge and understanding" we have an echo from <a href="/context/isaiah/11-1.htm" title="And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:">Isaiah 11:1-4</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Pastors</span>. In <a href="/jeremiah/23-4.htm">Jeremiah 23:4</a>, 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 <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5</a>, but as the national continuance of Israel was guaranteed, it was natural to refer to the subordinate civil authorities. <span class="cmt_word">According to mine heart</span>; better, <span class="accented">according to my mind</span>; for here, as also in <a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>, it is something very far from perfection which is ascribed to the chosen rulers. "Heart" is sometimes equivalent to "understanding." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then I will give</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shepherds</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">My own heart,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלִבִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who will feed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you with knowledge</span><br /><span class="heb">דֵּעָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(dê·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1844.htm">Strong's 1844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and understanding.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haś·kêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7919.htm">Strong's 7919: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, circumspect, intelligent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/3-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you shepherds according (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/3-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 3:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>