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I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”
Jeremiah 31:14 · New 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.
  • KJV And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
  • BSB I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares 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 every sorrowful soul I have replenished.”
  • 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
  • Jer 33:9This city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.’”
  • Rev 5:10and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth.”
  • Ps 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
  • Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
  • Song 5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. 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, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
  • Rev 7:16–17They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
  • Isa 66:10–14“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
  • Zech 9:15–17Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
  • Isa 25:6In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
  • Ps 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
  • Ps 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
  • Isa 61:6But you will be called Yahweh’s priests. Men will call you the servants of our God. You will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.
  • 2 Chr 6:41“Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
  • Ps 132:9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”
  • Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
  • Ps 132:16Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
  • Ps 65:4Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
  • Eph 3:19and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Isa 55:1–3“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, 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 wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the rooms, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, and the priests who minister, with the porters and the singers. We will not forsake the house of our God.
  • Ps 17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
  • Deut 33:8–11About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.

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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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