Jeremiah 31:26

Jeremiah 31:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was sweet to me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet.

Context of Jeremiah 31:26

24People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” At 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. 28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:26 word by word

עַל־זֹ֖את הֱקִיצֹ֣תִי וָאֶרְאֶ֑ה וּשְׁנָתִ֖י עָ֥רְבָה לִּֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Upon this I awakedקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
• and beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and my sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• was sweetעָרַב‛ârêb · to pleaseH6149

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:26

• Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.
• Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Upon this I awaked - It appears that the prophecy, commencing with Jeremiah 30:2; and ending with Jeremiah 31:25; of this chapter, was delivered to the prophet in a dream. Dahler supposes it to be a wish; that the prophet, though he could not hope to live to that time, might be permitted to awake up from his tomb; and, having seen this prosperity, would be content to return to his grave.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The prophet, seeming to himself to awake and look up in the midst of his sleep (whether ecstatic or not we cannot tell), rejoiced in a revelation so entirely consolatory, and unlike his usual message of woe.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. 26It seems that either Jeremiah or his scribe fell asleep and woke up suddenly. His sleep was very sweet, like the rest and joy promised by the Lord (Jeremiah 31:25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. The words of Jeremiah: Upon this (or, By reason of this) announcement of a happy restoration, "I awaked" from the prophetic dream vouchsafed to me (Jr 23:25) with the "sweet" impression thereof remaining on my mind. "Sleep" here means dream, as in Psa 90:5.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 31:26

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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