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Make your praises heard, and say, &#8216LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.&#8217 <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31.htm">New Living Translation</a> Now this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Israel. Shout for the greatest of nations! Shout out with praise and joy: ‘Save your people, O LORD, the remnant of Israel!’ <a href="/esv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Standard Version</a> For thus says the LORD: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.’ <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’ <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31.htm">King James Bible</a> For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/31.htm">New King James Version</a> For thus says the LORD: “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!’ <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: “Sing aloud with joy for Jacob, And be joyful with the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’ <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1995</a> For thus says the LORD, &#8220Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, &#8216O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For thus says the LORD, “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chiefs of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O LORD, save Thy people, The remnant of Israel.’ <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For thus says Yahweh, “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the head of the nations; Make it heard, give praise, and say, ‘O Yahweh, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.’ <a href="/amp/jeremiah/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For thus says the LORD, “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout for the first and foremost of the nations [the chosen people, Israel]; Proclaim, give praise and say, ‘O LORD save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Proclaim, praise, and say, “LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel! ” <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the chief of the nations! Proclaim, praise, and say, &#8220 LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!&#8221 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/31.htm">American Standard Version</a> For thus saith Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD says: Celebrate and sing for Israel, the greatest of nations. Offer praises and shout, "Come and rescue your people, LORD! Save what's left of Israel." <a href="/erv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Revised Version</a> For thus saith the LORD, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This is what the LORD says: Sing a happy song about Jacob. Sing joyfully for the leader of the nations. Shout, sing praise, and say, "O LORD, rescue your people, the remaining few from Israel." <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/31.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD says, "Sing with joy for Israel, the greatest of the nations. Sing your song of praise, 'The LORD has saved his people; he has rescued all who are left.' <a href="/isv/jeremiah/31.htm">International Standard Version</a> For this is what the LORD says: "Cry out with joy for Jacob and shout for the chief among the nations. Announce, give praise, and say, 'Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.' <a href="/msb/jeremiah/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: ?Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ?O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!? <a href="/net/jeremiah/31.htm">NET Bible</a> Moreover, the LORD says, "Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, 'LORD, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For thus says the LORD, "Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, 'For the LORD has saved your people, the remnant of Israel.' <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/web/jeremiah/31.htm">World English Bible</a> For Yahweh says, “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish, praise, and say, ‘Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For thus said YHWH: “Sing [with] joy for Jacob, "" And cry aloud at the head of the nations, "" Sound, praise, and say, "" Save, O YHWH, Your people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, with joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For thus said Jehovah, Shout gladness to Jacob, and cry aloud to the head of the nations: cause ye to be heard, praise ye and say, O Jehovah save thy people, the remnant of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For thus saith the Lord: Rejoice ye in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles: shout ye, and sing, and say: Save, O Lord, thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For thus says the Lord: “Exult in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles. Shout, and sing, and say: ‘O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’ <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Bible</a> For thus says the LORD: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has saved his people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For thus says the LORD: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, “Save, O LORD, your people, the remnant of Israel.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For thus says the LORD: Sing with gladness, O house of Jacob, and rejoice among the chief of the nations; publish, give praise, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because thus says LORD JEHOVAH: “Sing, those of the house of Yaqob, in joy, and dance for joy with the Ruler of the nations and make heard and sing and say, ‘LORD JEHOVAH ,save your people, the remnant of Israel!"<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For thus saith the LORD: Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout at the head of the nations; Announce ye, praise ye, and say: 'O LORD, save Thy people, The remnant of Israel.' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For thus saith the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice ye, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise ye: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9204" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Mourning Turned to Joy</a> …6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’ ” 7<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7442.htm" title="7442: rān·nū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To give a ringing cry. A primitive root; properly, to creak, i.e. To shout.">“Sing</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: śim·ḥāh (N-fs) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">with joy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">for Jacob;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6670.htm" title="6670: wə·ṣa·hă·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To gleam, be cheerful, to sound clear. A prim root; to gleam, i.e. be cheerful; by transf. To sound clear.">shout</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: bə·rōš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">for the foremost</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations!</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: haš·mî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Make</a> <a href="/hebrew/1984.htm" title="1984: hal·lū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- To shine.">your praises heard,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’im·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">‘O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: hō·wō·ša‘ (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">save</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Your people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7611.htm" title="7611: šə·’ê·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- Rest, residue, remnant, remainder. From sha'ar; a remainder or residual portion.">the remnant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel!’</a> 8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/12-6.htm">Isaiah 12:6</a> Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.” <a href="/zephaniah/3-14.htm">Zephaniah 3:14-15</a> Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! / The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm. <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Isaiah 44:23</a> Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel. <a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13</a> Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones. <a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a> Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. <a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Psalm 14:7</a> Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad! <a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2-3</a> Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” / The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a> So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Isaiah 51:11</a> So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10-11</a> Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ / Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel. <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26</a> And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. <a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1</a> After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9-10</a> After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. / And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” <a href="/luke/1-68.htm">Luke 1:68-69</a> “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. / He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, <a href="/romans/15-10.htm">Romans 15:10</a> Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For thus said the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say, O LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.Sing.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-43.htm">Deuteronomy 32:43</a> Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.<a href="/psalms/67-1.htm">Psalm 67:1</a> To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.<a href="/psalms/96-1.htm">Psalm 96:1-3</a> O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth… O.<a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Psalm 14:7</a> Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.<a href="/psalms/28-9.htm">Psalm 28:9</a> Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.<a href="/psalms/69-35.htm">Psalm 69:35</a> For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.remnant.<a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3</a> And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.<a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a> Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.<a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-21.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-1.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-20.htm">Publish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-9.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-20.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Save</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-7.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-13.htm">Sing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-48.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-11.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-9.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Publish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">Save</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-16.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Sing</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 31</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/31-1.htm">The restoration of Israel.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">The publication thereof.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Rahel mourning is comforted.</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Ephraim repenting is brought home again.</a> 22. <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Christ is promised.</a> 27. <a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">His care over the church.</a> 31. <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">His new covenant.</a> 35. <a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">The stability,</a> 38. <a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">and amplitude of the church.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a common prophetic introduction, underscoring that the words are not Jeremiah's own but are directly from God. This establishes the importance and reliability of the message, as it comes from the ultimate source of truth.Sing with joy for Jacob; "Jacob" here represents the nation of Israel, as Jacob was the patriarch whose name was changed to Israel. The call to "sing with joy" indicates a time of celebration and restoration. Historically, Israel had faced numerous hardships, including exile, but this command suggests a future hope and redemption.Shout for the foremost of the nations! Israel is referred to as the "foremost of the nations," highlighting its unique status as God's chosen people. Despite their current state of exile and suffering, this phrase points to their future prominence and the fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham about making his descendants a great nation (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a>).Make your praises heard, This is an exhortation to vocalize gratitude and worship. In the cultural context, public expressions of praise were common in Israelite worship, often involving music and communal participation. It reflects a communal acknowledgment of God's faithfulness and anticipated deliverance.and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, This plea for salvation is a central theme in the prophetic literature, reflecting Israel's dependence on God for deliverance. It echoes the prayers of the psalmists and the cries of the Israelites throughout their history, particularly during times of distress and captivity.the remnant of Israel!’ The concept of a "remnant" is significant in biblical prophecy, referring to a faithful group preserved by God through judgment and exile. This remnant is often seen as the seed for future restoration and blessing. It connects to the idea of a faithful few who remain true to God, a theme that runs throughout the Old and New Testaments, and is fulfilled in the ultimate redemption through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Jeremiah, promising restoration and salvation. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> Represents the nation of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, who are called to rejoice in God's promises. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Refers to the surrounding nations, highlighting Israel's unique position as God's chosen people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_remnant_of_israel.htm">The Remnant of Israel</a> The faithful portion of Israel that God promises to save and restore. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet through whom God delivers this message of hope and restoration to Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_god's_promises.htm">Joy in God's Promises</a> Believers are called to rejoice in the promises of God, trusting in His faithfulness to fulfill them. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_remnant.htm">The Importance of the Remnant</a> God often works through a faithful remnant, reminding us to remain steadfast in our faith even when others fall away. <a href="/topical/i/intercession_for_god's_people.htm">Intercession for God's People</a> Just as Israel is called to pray for salvation, Christians are encouraged to intercede for the church and the world. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God's plan for Israel amidst the nations reminds us of His sovereignty and control over world events. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> The promise of restoration for Israel serves as a reminder of the ultimate restoration and redemption found in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 31</a> <a href="/q/what's_jacob's_trouble_mean.htm">What is the meaning of Jacob's Trouble?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_israel.htm">What does the Bible say about Israel in End Times?</a> <a href="/q/who_or_what_is_the_daughter_of_zion.htm">Who or what is the Daughter of Zion?</a> <a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) Shout among the chief of the nations . . .--Better, Shout over the head of the nations, i.e., over Israel. It would seem from <a href="/amos/6-1.htm" title="Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!">Amos 6:1</a> as if this was a title specially claimed by the kingdom of the Ten Tribes. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm" title="Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine:">Exodus 19:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm" title="But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.">Leviticus 20:24</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm" title="And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that you should be mine.">Leviticus 20:26</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm" title="For you are an holy people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people to himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth.">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/26-19.htm" title="And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be an holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.">Deuteronomy 26:19</a>.) The prophet, in his vision of the future, calls even on the heathen (see <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm" title="Hear the word of the LORD, O you nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.">Jeremiah 31:10</a>) to rejoice in the restoration of the remnant of Israel, and pray for their prosperity. In "deliver" we have the same verb as in the "Hosanna" of <a href="/psalms/118-25.htm" title="Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.">Psalm 118:25</a>, <a href="/matthew/21-9.htm" title="And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.">Matthew 21:9</a>. The old bitterness of feeling was to pass away, and heathen and Israelite were to join together in a chorus of praise and prayer. The thought is the same as that of <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm" title="And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.">Isaiah 49:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/60-3.htm" title="And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.">Isaiah 60:3</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 7-14. - The restoration of Israel; its blessedness and joyousness. Verse 7. - Sing with gladness, etc. It is not stated who are addressed; but we may doubtless understand, from <a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Isaiah 66:10</a>, "all ye who love him," whether Jews or Gentiles. The latter, too, are interested in the restoration of Israel, because Israel is as it were a "priest" or mediator for the other nations (<a href="/isaiah/61-6.htm">Isaiah 61:6</a>). Among the chief of the nations; rather, because of the chief of the nations. Israel is called the "chief of the nations" (so, with a cognate word for "chief," in <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Amos 6:1</a>) because Jehovah has" chosen" it as his peculium (to use the language of the Vulgate), <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>, and because no other nation "hath God so nigh unto them," and "hath statutes and judgments so righteous," as Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-7.htm">Deuteronomy 4:7, 8</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction this is what כֹ֣ה ׀ (ḵōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Sing רָנּ֤וּ (rān·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7442.htm">Strong's 7442: </a> To give a ringing cry with joy שִׂמְחָ֔ה (śim·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> Blithesomeness, glee for Jacob; לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc shout וְצַהֲל֖וּ (wə·ṣa·hă·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6670.htm">Strong's 6670: </a> To gleam, be cheerful, to sound clear for the foremost בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head of the nations! הַגּוֹיִ֑ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts Make הַשְׁמִ֤יעוּ (haš·mî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently your praises heard הַֽלְלוּ֙ (hal·lū) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1984.htm">Strong's 1984: </a> To shine and say, וְאִמְר֔וּ (wə·’im·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘O LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel save הוֹשַׁ֤ע (hō·wō·ša‘) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor Your people, עַמְּךָ֔ (‘am·mə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock the remnant שְׁאֵרִ֥ית (šə·’ê·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7611.htm">Strong's 7611: </a> Rest, residue, remnant, remainder of Israel!’ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:7 For thus says Yahweh Sing with gladness (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/31-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>