Jeremiah 31:13

Then virgins will rejoice with dancing, and young and old men will be together. 1 For I will change their mourning into celebration. I will have compassion on them and cause them to rejoice instead of sorrowing. 1

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In The King James Version

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

In Context

12Then they will come and rejoice on the heights of Zion. Their faces will shine because of Yahweh's goodness, 1 over the corn and the new wine, over the oil and the offspring of the flocks and herds. 1 For their lives will become like a watered garden, and they will never again feel any more sorrow. 1

14Then I will saturate the lives of the priests in abundance. 1 My people will fill themselves with my goodness—this is Yahweh's declaration.” 1

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Cross References

Nehemiah 12:27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the people sought out the Levites wherever they lived, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with joy, with thanksgivings and singing with cymbals, harps, and with lyres.

Esther 9:22These were the days when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and the month when their sorrow turned to joy, and mourning into a day of celebration. They were to make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending gifts of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.

Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. 1

Psalms 149:3Let them praise his name with dancing; 1 let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp. 1

Isaiah 35:10The ransomed of Yahweh will return 1 and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads; 1 gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 51:11The ransomed of Yahweh will return and come to Zion with cries of joy 1 and with gladness forever on their heads; and gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and mourning will flee away. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:11-18

Restoration of Israel; Promises to Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 10 Hear the word of the Lord , O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord , for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the… Read the whole commentary →

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