Jeremiah 31:25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 31:18-26

We have here, I. Ephraim's repentance, and return to God. Not only Judah, but Ephraim the ten tribes, shall be restored, and therefore shall thus be prepared and qualified for it, Hos. 14:8. Ephraim shall say, What have I do to any more with idols? Ephraim the people, is here spoken of as a single person to denote their unanimity; they shall be as one man in their repentance and shall glorify God in it with one mind and one mouth, one and all. It is likewise thus expressed that it might be the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:25

For I have satiated the weary soul ,.... As sinners are at first awakenings and convictions; when sin is made exceeding sinful and loathsome to them, and becomes an uneasiness, and they a burden to themselves on account of it; when they labour, till they are weary, to get food for their famishing souls; weary in seeking for righteousness to cover them, in working for life to save them, and inquiring after rest; but cannot find neither food, nor righteousness, nor life, nor rest, till they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 31:25

Verse 25 By this verse he removes every doubt, lest any one should reject what he had promised as to the restoration of the people, because the Jews and the Israelites were at the time as dead men. He therefore says, I will water the thirsty soul; some render it “the weary soul;” but נפש עיפה, n upesh oiphe, is often taken metaphorically for a thirsty soul. So in Psalms 143:6, it is said, “I am as a dry land;” weariness cannot be suitably applied to land; and in Isaiah 29:8, we have these... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:23-26

But the prophet would not have Judah suppose that Ephraim has supplanted her; she too shall be restored, and shall enjoy a happy pastoral and agricultural life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:25

For Jehovah will have fulfilled every unsatisfied craving. I have satiated (literally, watered ) means "I have decreed to satiate;" it is the perfect of prophetic certitude, which represents an event as already having taken place in the Divine counsels. Sorrowful ; rather, languishing (see on Jeremiah 31:12 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 31:25

Divine satisfaction. There are always the weary who need rest, the sorrowful who need consolation. 1 . Naturally we all have restless longing, large desires that go out beyond the present and the attainable. The soul has its appetites, its hunger, its thirst. 2 . Sin and sorrow have deepened our need. The Jews in their calamities were a type of mankind in its sin and weariness. I. NO EARTHLY SATISFACTION WILL MEET THESE WANTS . Food for the body cannot satisfy... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 31:25

Sorrowful - Or, languishing Jeremiah 31:12. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 31:23-25

Jeremiah 31:23-25. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel These prophecies of the restoration of the Jews are ordinarily prefaced with these two attributes of God, the one of which asserts his power to do the thing promised; the other, his goodness to his people; as yet, or, yet again, they shall use this speech in the land of Judah, and in the cities thereof, &c. Three things the prophet here foretels, 1st, That the cities which had formerly been the habitations of unjust,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 31:23-40

A new city and a new age (31:23-40)Jeremiah has a vision of Jerusalem as a city of righteousness and Judah as a land of contentment. It is a vision that gives him the satisfaction of a pleasant dream (23-26). God had been responsible for the devastation of their land in the past, but he will also be responsible for its productivity in the future (27-28). The people by then will have learnt the lessons of their captivity. They will no longer blame their forefathers for their misfortunes, but... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 31:25

Jeremiah 31:25. For I have satiated— For I have refreshed the thirsty soul, and every soul that pined for hunger have I filled. read more

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