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And I will give youוְנָתַתִּי לָכֶםshepherdsרֹעִיםafter my own heart,כְּלִבִּיand they will shepherd youוְרָעוּ אֶתְכֶםwith knowledgeדֵּעָהand understanding.וְהַשְׂכֵּיל
Jeremiah 3:15
Study it in the app“And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and understanding.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:15, word by word
- And I will give youנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- shepherdsרֹעִיםroim
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appears- after my own heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- with knowledgeדֵּעָהdea
knowledge
Knowledge, understanding. Of the same family as "know."
Where else “dea” appears- and understandingהַשְׂכֵּילhaskel
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskel” appears
The context
14Return, wayward children, declares YHWH, for I am your husband, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 · This verse (above)
16And it will happen, when you multiply and are fruitful in the land in those days, declares YHWH, they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of YHWH.’ It will not come up into the heart, and they will not remember it, and they will not miss it, and it will not be made again.