Jeremiah 31:24
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New International Version (©2011)
People will live together in Judah and all its towns--farmers and those who move about with their flocks.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Townspeople and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Judah and all its cities will live in it together--also farmers and those who move with the flocks--

International Standard Version (©2012)
Judah and all its towns will live together in the land, along with farmers and those who follow the flock.

NET Bible (©2006)
The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Judah and all its cities will live there together. Farmers and shepherds will also live there.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers, and they that go forth with flocks.

American King James Version
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, farmers, and they that go forth with flocks.

American Standard Version
And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Juda and all his cities shall dwell therein together: the husbandmen and they that drive the docks.

Darby Bible Translation
And therein shall dwell Judah, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.

English Revised Version
And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together; the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all her cities together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

World English Bible
Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

Young's Literal Translation
And dwelt in Judah have husbandmen, and in all its cities together, And they have journeyed in order.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:21-26 The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are encouraged by the promise of a new, unheard-of, extraordinary thing; a creation, a work of Almighty power; the human nature of Christ, formed and prepared by the power of the Holy Ghost: and this is here mentioned as an encouragement to the Jews to return to their own land. And a comfortable prospect is given them of a happy settlement there. Godliness and honesty God has joined: let no man think to put them asunder, or to make the one atone for the want of the other. In the love and favour of God the weary soul shall find rest, and the sorrowful shall find joy. And what can we see with more satisfaction than the good of Jerusalem, and peace upon Israel?

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 24. - The ideal of outward life exhibited by the prophets is still the agricultural and pastoral. Jeremiah puts this more forcibly than the Authorized Version represents. Instead of, And there shall dwell in Judah, etc., he says, And there shall dwell therein (viz. in the land) Judah and all his cities together as husbandmen, and they shall go about with flocks, i.e. they shall attend to their ancient pursuits without let or hindrance from invaders (comp. Isaiah 32:20). "Go about" (literally, break up) is the regular word for the periodical journeying of the nomad life.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24. Judah … cities … husbandmen … they with flocks—Two classes, citizens and countrymen, the latter divided into agriculturists and shepherds, all alike in security, though the latter were to be outside the protection of city walls. "Judah" here stands for the country, as distinguished from its cities.

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Mourning Turned to Joy
…23Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless you, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. 24And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, farmers, and they that go forth with flocks. 25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. …

Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD-- the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.
Ezekiel 36:10 and I will cause many people to live on you--yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Zechariah 8:4 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age.