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.
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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
8 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
For this is what the LORD
on Jeremiah 31:7-14
The company is named by its weakest members, “the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor.” “For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn” restores the north to the firstborn's place. Life becomes “like a well-watered garden.”
This site's exposition
fill the souls of the priests abundantly
The priests are filled when worship resumes, for they lived on their share of the offerings, as Adam Clarke explains. The people are filled with the Lord's goodness. Jerome widens the priests to all who know God and seek His law.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,....
Let them be satisfied of God's lovingkindness, and they will be satisfied with it and desire no more to make them happy. All this is applicable to the spiritual blessings which the redeemed of the Lord enjoy by Jesus Christ, infinitely more valuable than corn, and wine, and oil, and the satisfaction of soul which they have in the enjoyment of them.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
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.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2726: “Fourfold Satisfaction” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
THE subject of this morning [Sermon #1549, Volume 26—GOOD NEWS FOR THIRSTY SOULS] was spiritual'thirst, and the promises made thereto. I tried to encourage those who are not at rest concerning the state of their souls—those who have strong and ardent desires to escape from the wrath to come—I tried to encourage them to partake of Christ, by faith, that they might find peace of heart and so might be perfectly satisfied. I believe that some did find peace this morning.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2726: “Fourfold Satisfaction” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
THE subject of this morning [Sermon #1549, Volume 26—GOOD NEWS FOR THIRSTY SOULS] was spiritual'thirst, and the promises made thereto. I tried to encourage those who are not at rest concerning the state of their souls—those who have strong and ardent desires to escape from the wrath to come—I tried to encourage them to partake of Christ, by faith, that they might find peace of heart and so might be perfectly satisfied. I believe that some did find peace this morning. We shall be on the look-out for them and hope that they will speedily come and tell us what God has done for their souls. But, on this occasion our subject is the very opposite of that of this morning. It is neither thirst nor hunger, but perfect satisfaction, not strength of agonizing desire, but rest of holy satiety of which I am about to speak, in the earnest hope that all of you who are believers in our Lord Jesus Christ may enjoy this perfect satisfaction even at this very hour. There are four forms of satisfaction described in the four sentences of the two verses which form our text. I. The first is GOD'S SERVANTS ARE SATISFIED WITH THE APPOINTED SACRIFICE. Read the first sentence of verse 14—"I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness." God's people are His children, but they are also His servants. And their service, viewed from one special point, is that of priests. Christ has made all of us who believe in Him to be kings and priests unto our God. It is the business of every Christian to be a priest. There is now no special order of priests apart from the general body of believers in Christ. We regard the use of the term, "priests," as relating to any other persons as utterly misleading and untrue. Every man who is a Christian is a priest unto God and he daily offers unto God the acceptable sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving.
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; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2726: “Fourfold Satisfaction” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.