Jeremiah 23:4 Cross References - BBE

⁴ And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.

⁴⁹ And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

⁷⁰ He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks; ⁷¹ From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. ⁷² So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

¹¹ And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

¹⁴ Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion; ¹⁵ And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

¹⁰ So have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and at peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.

¹⁰ Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.

²⁶ Then I will give up caring for the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.

²⁷ But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear. ²⁸ Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.

²³ And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper. ²⁴ And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it. ²⁵ And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods. ²⁶ And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing. ²⁷ And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those who made them servants. ²⁸ And their goods will no longer be taken by the nations, and they will not again be food for the beasts of the earth; but they will be living safely and no one will be a cause of fear to them. ²⁹ And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations. ³⁰ And they will be certain that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the children of Israel, are my people, says the Lord. ³¹ And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.

³ And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you. ⁴ For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images. ⁵ And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.

² And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

⁴ And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth. ⁵ And this will be our peace: when the Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.

¹⁴ Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.

³⁹ And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day. ⁴⁰ This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

²⁷ My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me: ²⁸ And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand. ²⁹ That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. ³⁰ I and my Father are one.

¹² While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

⁹ He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.

¹⁵ Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food. ¹⁶ Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus. ¹⁷ He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

²⁸ Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood. ²⁹ I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

⁵ Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.

¹ I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you: ² Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind; ³ Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock. ⁴ And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.