Jeremiah 31:24

24 People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks.

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.

Jeremiah 31:24 In-Context

22 How long will you hesitate, faithless people? I have created something new and different, as different as a woman protecting a man."

23 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, "When I restore the people to their land, they will once again say in the land of Judah and in its towns, "May the Lord bless the sacred hill of Jerusalem, the holy place where he lives.'

24 People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks.

25 I will refresh those who are weary and will satisfy with food everyone who is weak from hunger.

26 So then, people will say, "I went to sleep and woke up refreshed.'