Jeremiah 31:24

24 "Judah and all its cities will ¹dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

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Jeremiah 31:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 31:24

And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities
thereof together
In peace and unity, in great concord and harmony: husbandmen, and those [that] go forth with flocks;
husbandmen and shepherds; meaning such not merely in a temporal sense, but in a spiritual one; ministers of the Gospel, labourers with God, and under him, in the husbandry of his church; pastors after his own heart, to feed his people, his flocks, his sheep and lambs, with knowledge and understanding; who shall agree in their ministry, teaching the same doctrines, and administering the same ordinances, according to the rule of the word.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 31:24 In-Context

22 "How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth - A woman will encompass a man."

23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes, 'The LORD bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!'

24 "Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

25 "For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes."

26 At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

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1. Jeremiah 31:12; Ezekiel 36:10; Zechariah 8:4-8

Jeremiah 31:24

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Jeremiah 31:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 31:24 In-Context

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