Jeremiah 31:25
in Jeremiah 31for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
KJV
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
This is what the LORD of
on Jeremiah 31:23-30
The prophet's one comment on the vision is his own: “My sleep had been most pleasant to me.” The watching of 1:12 returns reversed, “so I will watch over them to build and to plant.” The sour-grape proverb is repealed: “each will die for his own iniquity.”
This site's exposition
I will refresh the weary soul
Adam Clarke reads this line as the end of the vision that began at 30:2, received in a dream. The weary include the blind, the lame and the mothers of verse 8. Their strength is restored by the Lord.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Because I have made the weary soul drunk (or because I have made every thirsty soul drunk) and I have satisfied (or filled) every hungry soul: therefore I am awake and I have seen, and my sleep has been sweet to me. The change of persons makes the understanding of the Prophets obscure. The Lord had said, 'Yet they will say this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I turn their captivity.' But what will they say?
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For I have satiated the weary soul,....
It is comfortable dwelling in a habitation of justice and a mountain of holiness. "And the husbandmen and shepherds shall eat of the fruit of their labours; for I have satiated the weary and sorrowful soul; " that is, those that came weary from their journey, and have been long sorrowful in their captivity, shall now enjoy great plenty.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִרְוֵ֖יתִי | hirveiti | I give water to | H7301 → | 14 times |
| נֶ֣פֶשׁ | nefesh | [the] throat of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| עֲיֵפָ֑ה | ʾayefah | [the] weary | H5889 → | |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נֶ֥פֶשׁ | nefesh | person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| דָּאֲבָ֖ה | daavah | [who] it has become faint | H1669 → | |
| מִלֵּֽאתִי׃ | mileti | I fill | H4390 → | 249 times |
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִרְוֵ֖יתִיI give water to
hirveitiH7301 →14 times
נֶ֣פֶשׁ[the] throat of
nefeshH5315 →754 times
עֲיֵפָ֑ה[the] weary
ʾayefahH5889 →
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
נֶ֥פֶשׁperson
nefeshH5315 →754 times
דָּאֲבָ֖ה[who] it has become faint
daavahH1669 →
מִלֵּֽאתִי׃I fill
miletiH4390 →249 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
Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
it leads to
- Matthew 11:29
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- Isaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Matthew 11:29
Through
Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
it leads to
- 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.”
- Psalms 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- John 4:14
Through
John 4:14But 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.”
it leads to
- John 7:38–39
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- John 7:38–39
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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 (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.