On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
- BSB At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
- NKJV After this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was sweet to me.
- NASB At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep had been pleasant to me.
- NLT At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah notes that he awoke and found his sleep sweet, framing the preceding promises of restoration as God-given comfort. It signals the refreshing nature of God's word of hope.
Overview
This brief aside likely closes the section of consolation (the 'Book of Comfort,' chs. 30-33), where the prophet rouses as from a restful sleep made sweet by God's promises of renewal. After much of Jeremiah's ministry was burdened with judgment, here the message of restoration brings genuine rest. It reflects the peace God's promises give to weary hearts, a peace ultimately secured in Christ (Matt. 11:28).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Ps 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
- Zech 4:1–2The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
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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.
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