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Jeremiah 31:25
25I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
Jeremiah 31:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.”
Context of Jeremiah 31:25
23This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity, the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.’ 24People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” 26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me. 27“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.
Read all of Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 31:25 word by word
כִּ֥י הִרְוֵ֖יתִי נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וְכָל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ דָּאֲבָ֖ה מִלֵּֽאתִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:25
- Jeremiah 31:14I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.
- Psalms 107:9for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Isaiah 32:2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
- Isaiah 50:4The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
- Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
- John 4:14but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
- 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Sorrowful - Or, languishing Jeremiah 31:12.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-26Verses 21-26 The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are encouraged by the promise of a new, unheard-of, extraordinary thing; a creation, a work of Almighty power; the human nature of Christ, formed and prepared by the power of the Holy Ghost: and this is here mentioned as an encouragement to the Jews to return…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-40The Lord explained his future plan to rebuild a new nation from people who had suffered greatly during their long captivity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. The "weary, sorrowful," and indigent state of Israel will prove no obstacle in the way of My helping them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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