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Jeremiah 23:4

I 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.

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ASV

And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧יva.ha.ki.mo.Tiand I will raise upH6965 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.Hemover themH5921 →
רֹעִ֖יםro.'ImshepherdsH7462 →
וְרָע֑וּםve.ra.'Umand they will shepherd themH7462 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִֽירְא֨וּyi.re.'Uthey will be afraidH3372 →
ע֧וֹדodagainH5750 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יֵחַ֛תּוּye.Cha.tuthey will be terrifiedH2865 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִפָּקֵ֖דוּyi.pa.Ke.duthey will be missingH6485 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Jeremiah 3:15Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”Jeremiah 3:14–15“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.John 21:15When 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.”1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.Acts 20:28–29Keep 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.Jeremiah 33:26then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”John 18:9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”John 10:27–30My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.Jeremiah 31:10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.Psalms 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.Hosea 3:3–5Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”Numbers 31:49and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.John 6:39–40And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.Ezekiel 34:23–31I 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.”Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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