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Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will rebuild you, my virgin Israel. You will again be happy and dance merrily with your tambourines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will build you again and you will be rebuilt, Virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines again, And go out to the dances of the revelers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you shall take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines And go forth to the dances of those celebrating.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel! You will again be adorned with your tambourines <i>and</i> timbrels And go out to the dances of those who celebrate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will take up your tambourines again and go out in joyful dancing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will take up your tambourines again and go out in joyful dancing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy and play your tambourines. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Once again I will build you up, and you will be rebuilt, my dear people Israel. Once again you will take your tambourines, and you will go dancing with happy people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Once again I will rebuild you. Once again you will take up your tambourines and dance joyfully. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll again build you, and you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel! You will again take up your tambourines and go out to dance with those who are filled with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel; thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I build you again, "" And you have been built, "" O virgin of Israel, "" You put on your tambourines again, "" And have gone out in the chorus of the playful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will yet build thee, and thou wert built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt yet be adorned with the tabret, and thou wentest forth into the dance of those playing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, 0 virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you shall stay built, virgin Israel; Carrying your festive tambourines, you shall go forth dancing with merrymakers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall take your tambourines, and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel; you shall again be adorned with your ornaments, and shall go forth in the assembly of those who make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Again I shall build you, and you shall be built up, virgin of Israel! You will delight again in adornments, and you shall go forth in the assembly of singers<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel; Again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, And shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt yet take thy timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9173" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Mourning Turned to Joy</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">Again</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: ’eḇ·nêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">I will build you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: wə·niḇ·nêṯ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-2fs) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">and you will be rebuilt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1330.htm" title="1330: bə·ṯū·laṯ (N-fsc) -- Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin; sometimes a bride; also a city or state.">O Virgin</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.">Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">Again</a> <a href="/hebrew/5710.htm" title="5710: ta‘·dî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- A primitive root; to advance, i.e. Pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck.">you will take up</a> <a href="/hebrew/8596.htm" title="8596: ṯup·pa·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A timbrel, tambourine. From taphaph contracted; a tambourine.">your tambourines</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·yā·ṣāṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and go out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7832.htm" title="7832: mə·śa·ḥă·qîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To laugh. A primitive root; to laugh; by implication, to play.">in joyful</a> <a href="/hebrew/4234.htm" title="4234: bim·ḥō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A dance. From chuwl; a dance.">dancing.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a></span><br />to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Hosea 2:15</a></span><br />There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Isaiah 51:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-17.htm">Zechariah 9:17</a></span><br />How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Isaiah 62:5</a></span><br />For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11</a></span><br />You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Isaiah 65:18-19</a></span><br />But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. / I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a></span><br />Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></span><br />“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a></span><br />Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-20.htm">Isaiah 60:20</a></span><br />Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Isaiah 66:10</a></span><br />Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Zephaniah 3:17</a></span><br />The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets, and shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry.</p><p class="hdg">build.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></b></br> See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Jeremiah 30:18</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/33-7.htm">Jeremiah 33:7</a></b></br> And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.</p><p class="hdg">O.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-21.htm">Jeremiah 31:21</a></b></br> Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, <i>even</i> the way <i>which</i> thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a></b></br> Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-13.htm">Jeremiah 18:13</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.</p><p class="hdg">again.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Jeremiah 31:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20,21</a></b></br> And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Judges 11:34</a></b></br> And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she <i>was his</i> only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.</p><p class="hdg">tabrets.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-4.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/psalms/45-8.htm">Adorned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-28.htm">Build</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Built</a> <a href="/songs/7-1.htm">Chorus</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Dance</a> <a href="/job/41-22.htm">Dances</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-20.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Merry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Merrymakers</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Music</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">New</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Playful</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tabrets</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tambourines</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tambours</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Timbrels</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-13.htm">Virgin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Adorned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Build</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Built</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Chorus</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Dance</a> <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Dances</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-24.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-25.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-25.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Merry</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Merrymakers</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Music</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">New</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Playful</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Tabrets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Tambourines</a> <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Tambours</a> <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Timbrels</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Virgin</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-1.htm">The restoration of Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">The publication thereof.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Rahel mourning is comforted.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Ephraim repenting is brought home again.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Christ is promised.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">His care over the church.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">His new covenant.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">The stability,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">and amplitude of the church.</a></span><br></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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The repetition of "again" emphasizes the certainty and continuity of God's redemptive work. Historically, this refers to the return of the Israelites from Babylonian captivity, a pivotal event in Jewish history. Theologically, it reflects God's unwavering commitment to His covenant people, despite their previous disobedience. This promise of rebuilding can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the ultimate restoration through Jesus Christ, who rebuilds the spiritual temple of His church (<a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19-22</a>).<p><b>O Virgin Israel</b><br>The term "Virgin Israel" is symbolic, representing Israel's purity and renewed status before God. Despite Israel's past idolatry and unfaithfulness, God views them as a virgin, indicating a fresh start and a cleansed state. This imagery is consistent with the prophetic theme of God as the husband and Israel as His bride (<a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a>). It underscores the grace and forgiveness inherent in God's relationship with His people, pointing to the ultimate purification through Christ's sacrifice (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a>).<p><b>Again you will take up your tambourines</b><br>Tambourines were instruments of joy and celebration in ancient Israel, often used in times of victory and festivity (<a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20</a>). This phrase suggests a return to a time of rejoicing and national celebration, contrasting with the sorrow and lamentation experienced during exile. It reflects the cultural practice of women leading in dance and music during significant communal events. The restoration of joy is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, symbolizing the renewal of God's favor and blessing.<p><b>And go out in joyful dancing</b><br>Joyful dancing signifies a communal expression of happiness and freedom, often associated with deliverance and divine intervention. In the context of Jeremiah, it points to the anticipated return from exile and the restoration of the land and people. This imagery is reminiscent of King David's dance before the Ark of the Covenant (<a href="/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14</a>), symbolizing unrestrained worship and gratitude. Theologically, it prefigures the joy of salvation and the celebration of God's kingdom, as seen in the New Testament (<a href="/luke/15-25.htm">Luke 15:25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of both judgment and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/virgin_israel.htm">Virgin Israel</a></b><br>A poetic term used to describe the nation of Israel, emphasizing purity and a renewed relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tambourines_and_joyful_dancing.htm">Tambourines and Joyful Dancing</a></b><br>Symbols of celebration and restoration, indicating a return to joy and worship after a period of hardship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise_of_restoration.htm">God's Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>God is faithful to rebuild and restore His people, even after periods of judgment and exile.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_joy_and_worship.htm">Symbolism of Joy and Worship</a></b><br>The use of tambourines and dancing signifies a return to worship and celebration, reminding us of the joy found in God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/renewed_identity.htm">Renewed Identity</a></b><br>The term "Virgin Israel" highlights a renewed identity in God, emphasizing purity and a fresh start.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_faithfulness.htm">Hope in God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite past failures, God offers hope and a future, encouraging believers to trust in His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/active_participation_in_restoration.htm">Active Participation in Restoration</a></b><br>The imagery of dancing suggests active participation in the joy of restoration, encouraging believers to engage fully in their spiritual renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_god_stop_jephthah's_vow.htm">Why did God allow Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter in Judges 11 without stopping him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jeremiah_31_with_jewish_divisions.htm">How do we reconcile Jeremiah 31’s vision of a unified Israel with ongoing historical divisions among Jewish communities?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_emphasize_ot_laws_if_christ_ends_them.htm">Romans 10:4: If Christ ends the law, why do later passages still emphasize certain aspects of Old Testament regulations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_books_are_in_the_old_testament.htm">Which books are in the Old Testament?</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>(4) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets . . .</span>--The implied idea is that of a time of rejoicing after triumphant restoration (the "building" of the previous sentence is more than that of material walls and towers), when the daughters of Israel (as in <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm" title="And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.">Exodus 15:20</a>; <a href="/judges/11-34.htm" title="And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.">Judges 11:34</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm" title="And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.">1Samuel 18:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/68-11.htm" title="The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.">Psalm 68:11</a>) should again go forth with "timbrels and dances," with tabrets and joy and instruments of music. The "tabret" was a musical instrument of the drum type, somewhat like the Spanish or Italian tambourine, with bells attached to the metal hoop.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will build thee.</span> A nation, like a family, is frequently compared to a building (so <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Jeremiah 12:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Jeremiah 24:6</a>; comp. <a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22</a>). <span class="cmt_word">O virgin of Israel</span>. The people of Israel is personified as a virgin (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Jeremiah 14:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Adorned with thy tabrets,</span> The expression will not, of course, bear to be logically criticized, for it was not the whole people who went out with "tabrets" or "timbrels," but the "damsels," who, it is true, formed an important part of religious processions (<a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Psalm 68:25</a>), and doubtless of secular ones also (comp. <a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Judges 11:34</a>). Joyousness is an essential part of the Biblical ideal both of religion and of a normal state of society: "The joy of the Lord is your strength." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Again</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֤וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will build you,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶבְנֵךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’eḇ·nêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you will be rebuilt,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽנִבְנֵ֔ית</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḇ·nêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Virgin</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוּלַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯū·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> </span><span class="str2">A virgin, sometimes, a bride</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Again</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֚וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will take up</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעְדִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ta‘·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5710.htm">Strong's 5710: </a> </span><span class="str2">To advance, pass on, continue, to remove, to bedeck</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your tambourines</span><br /><span class="heb">תֻפַּ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯup·pa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8596.htm">Strong's 8596: </a> </span><span class="str2">A timbrel, tambourine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and go out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָצָ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·ṣāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in joyful</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשַׂחֲקִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·śa·ḥă·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7832.htm">Strong's 7832: </a> </span><span class="str2">To laugh, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dancing.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּמְח֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(bim·ḥō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4234.htm">Strong's 4234: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, dance</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Jeremiah 31:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:4 Again will I build you and you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:5" /></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>