CALLING A PASTOR

CALLING A PASTOR
Jeremiah  3.15
Return, backsliding children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: nd I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. yim'Y;B k{n'a yiK h'wh.y-mUa.n ~yib'bw{v ~yin'b .Wb.Wv  ryi[em d'x,a ~,k.t,a yiT.x;q'l.w ~,k'b yiT.l;['B !w{Yic ~,k.t,a yitaebeh.w h'x'P.viMim ~Iy;n.v.Wh'[eD ~,k.t,a .W['r.w yiBil.K ~yi[{r ~,k'l yiT;t'n.w lyeK.f;h.w~yim'Y;B #,r'a'B ~,tyir.p.W .WB.rit yiK h'y'h.w !w{r]a dw{[ .Wr.ma{y-a{l h'wh.y-mUa.n h'Meh'h a{l.wbel-l;[ h,l][;y a{l.w h'wh.y-tyir.B dw{[ h,f'[ey a{l.w.Wd{q.pIy a{l.w w{b -.Wr.K.zIy	yi
JEREMIAH 3.15  I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understand h'[eD ~,k.t,a .W['r.w yiBil.K ~yi[{r ~,k'l yiT;t'n.w lyeK.f;h.w kai dwsw umin poimenas kata thn kardian mou poimanousin  umas poimainoutes met  episthmhs "The pastor means either the king or the prophet; and the pastors here promised may be either kings or prophets, or both. These shall be according to God's own heart; they shall be of his own choosing and shall be qualified by himself: and in consequence they shall feed the people with knowledge, deah, that Divine truth concerning the true God and the best interests of man, which was essentially necessary to their salvation; and understanding haskeil, the full interpretation of every point, that in receiving the truth they might become wise, holy, and happy". Keil and Delitsch  Commentaries The word often translated, in Jeremiah 3:15, in the English Bible as "shepherd" is translated from the Hebrew into the Greek Septuagint LXX( THE SCRIPTURE USED MOSTLY BY THE N.T. APOSTLES) is the Greek word poimos.