Jeremiah 31:14
in Jeremiah 31I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.
KJV
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 14) And I will make the souls of the priests drunk with fatness (or the sons of Levi), and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the Lord. And I will gladden the souls of the Priests, who have knowledge of God, from whose mouths they seek the law of the Lord, those who believe in Him, of whom the Prophet sings: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek (Psalm 110:4). But what follows according to the Septuagint: Of the sons of Levi, it is not found in Hebrew.
This site's exposition
Sing with gladness for Jacob
on Jeremiah 31:7-14
The return is described by who is in the company: the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth, the travelers no army would take and this procession is built around, they shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn restores the disinherited north to the eldest place, and the nations are summoned as witnesses, he that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. The watered garden and the mourning turned into joy give the restoration its texture, wheat, wine, oil, flock and herd, ordinary abundance as covenant proof, as Calvin reads the passage.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And I will satiate the soul of the priests - The worship of God being restored, they shall have their proper share of the victims brought to the temple.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרִוֵּיתִ֛י | veriveiti | and I will satisfy | H7301 → | 14 times |
| נֶ֥פֶשׁ | nefesh | [the] appetite of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| דָּ֑שֶׁן | dashen | fatness | H1880 → | |
| וְעַמִּ֛י | veami | and people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| טוּבִ֥י | tuvi | good thing[s] my | H2898 → | 32 times |
| יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ | yisbau | they will be satisfied | H7646 → | 97 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְרִוֵּיתִ֛יand I will satisfy
veriveitiH7301 →14 times
נֶ֥פֶשׁ[the] appetite of
nefeshH5315 →754 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
דָּ֑שֶׁןfatness
dashenH1880 →
וְעַמִּ֛יand people my
veamiH5971 →1873 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
טוּבִ֥יgood thing[s] my
tuviH2898 →32 times
יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּthey will be satisfied
yisbauH7646 →97 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
it leads to
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Revelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
- Exodus 19:5–6
Through
Jeremiah 31:25for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
it leads to
- Matthew 5:6
Blessed 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.
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Matthew 5:6
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.