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And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:14 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.
  • BSB I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
  • NKJV I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”
  • NASB “I will refresh the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” declares the Lord.
  • NLT The priests will enjoy abundance, and my people will feast on my good gifts. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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Quick answer

God will satisfy the priests with abundance and fill His people with His goodness. Both worship and the worshipers will be richly supplied.

Overview

The renewed worship is marked by abundant provision for the priests and full satisfaction for all the people. This pictures a restored fellowship in which God lavishly meets the needs of His own. Ultimately our souls are satisfied in Christ, the bread of life (John 6:35).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 24

  • Jer 31:25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
  • 1 Pet 2:9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • Jer 33:9And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
  • Rev 5:10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
  • Ps 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
  • Matt 5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Song 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
  • Rev 7:16–17They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
  • Isa 66:10–14Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
  • Zech 9:15–17The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
  • Isa 25:6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
  • Ps 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
  • Ps 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
  • Isa 61:6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
  • 2 Chr 6:41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
  • Ps 132:9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
  • Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Ps 132:16I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
  • Ps 65:4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
  • Eph 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
  • Isa 55:1–3Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Neh 10:39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
  • Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
  • Deut 33:8–11And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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  • VideoBibleProject — Jeremiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.

How Jeremiah 31:14 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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