Jeremiah 31:4

Jeremiah 31:4

2 Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when ^aI went to give him rest.”

3 The Lord has appeared¹ of old to me, saying:
“Yes, ^aI have loved you with ^ban everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have ^cdrawn you.

4 Again ^aI will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your ^btambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

5 ^aYou shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria;
The planters shall plant and¹ eat them as ordinary food.

6 For there shall be a day
When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim,
^a‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’ ”

7 For thus says the Lord:
^a“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘O Lord, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel!’

8 Behold, I will bring them ^afrom the north country,
And ^bgather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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I will build . . . thou shalt be built—The combination of the active and passive to express the same fact implies the infallible certainty of its accomplishment. "Build," that is, establish in prosperity (Jeremiah 33:7).

adorned with . . . tabrets— (I Samuel 18:6). Or, "adorn thyself with thy timbrels"; used by damsels on occasions of public rejoicings (Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34). Israel had cast away all instruments of joy in her exile (Psalms 137:4).

dances—holy joy, not carnal mirth.

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