Jeremiah 31:25
For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
In Context
26At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Cross References
Psalms 107:9He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
Isaiah 41:17The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
Jeremiah 31:14I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
John 4:14But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:19-27
Ephraim's Repentance and Privilege; Encouragements to the Captives. ( b. c. 594.) 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant… Read the whole commentary →