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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the (r) 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.

(r) In the company of the faithful, who ever praise God for his benefits.

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See also Jeremiah 31:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Both gives the idea of the men dancing, which is incorrect. Except at a religious solemnity 2 Samuel 6:14, dancing was confined to women. Render and young men and old rejoice together....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The home-going of the nation (Jeremiah 31:1) _ 2. The joy of salvation (Jeremiah 31:10) 3. The preceding tribulation, sorrow and repentance (Jeremiah 31:15) 4. Assur

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 31:7 (suggestive of Deutero-Isaiah). Let there be joy that Yahweh hath saved His people, for He will gather all to Palestine (hither, Jeremiah 31:8), and they will come penitently to the Divi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    These _vv_. are probably on the whole post-exilic, having close affinities with 2 Isaiah....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to the section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the young men and the old, etc_.] For "together" it is best (pointing the MT. differently) to read with LXX "shall rejoice....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1071 THE PREACHED GOSPEL A SOURCE OF BLESSINGS TO THE WORLD Jeremiah 31:10. Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattereth Israel...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. _The disheartened_ (Jeremiah 31:10-14) TRANSLATION (10) Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles! Say, The one who scattered Israel has gathered him, and keeps him...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. YOUNG ... OLD...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-22. Jeremiah speaks of the restoration first of Israel (Ephraim, Jeremiah 31:2), then of Judah (Jeremiah 31:23.). Those who survive the sufferings of the captivity are promised a safe journey home....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BOTH YOUNG MEN] RV 'and the young men' (shall rejoice with the old)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (12-14) THEREFORE THEY SHALL COME AND SING... — The vision of return culminates in a picture of the prosperity of the restored kingdom. The “goodness of the Lord” is, as in Hosea 3:5, the attribute on...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָ֣ז תִּשְׂמַ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ בְּ מָחֹ֔ול וּ בַח

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing, the Prophet dealt with the issues of restoration. He first described the restoration of the city. After affirming the ancient love of Jehovah for His people, he foretold the building of th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I do not detain the Reader with any comment here: for the words are too plain to need any, and too sweet to admit of any without injury. Let the Reader read the passage again and again, and then mark...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This is a confirmation of the former verse; for he says that joy would be in common to young women and young men, and also to the old. He had spoken of the perpetuity of joy; but he now extends this j...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32. But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel should enjoy...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHALL THE VIRGIN REJOICE IN THE DANCE, BOTH YOUNG MEN AND OLD TOGETHER,.... Not any particular virgin, but all virgins, as Kimchi interprets it. The Targum is, "then shall the congregation of Is...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 13. _And mak...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They shall sing in the height of Zion_ By _the height of Zion_ is meant the temple, built upon a hill adjoining to mount Zion, and it is here to be taken metaphorically, as it frequently is in the wr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, for the young women went out in processions with rhythmic movements, BOTH YOUNG MEN AND OLD TOGETHER, that is, they would give expression to their joy; FOR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DECREE OF RESTORATION AND ITS EXECUTION...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-17 He that scattered Israel, knows where to find them. It is comfortable to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence. But our souls are never valuable as gardens, unless watered...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This verse containeth only a further variety of expressions, all signifying the same thing, viz. their happy state for some time after the captivity. We may understand the dancings here of all sorts o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 31:13 virgin H1330 rejoice H8055 (H8799) dance H4234 men H970 old H2205 together H3162 turn H2015 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH WILL LEAD THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL BACK FROM EXILE AS A FATHER DOES HIS CHILDREN AND ON THE HEIGHT OF ZION THEY WILL REJOICE IN THE RESULTING GLORIOUS PROVISION OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 31:7). In striking...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, faith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ How divinely he talks, as only God can talk These people had rejected...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:1. At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ During the Israelites' banishment to Babylon, God's covenant with them...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Israel in the last days. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God will again at the end of the age take Israel into new covenant relation with Himself, from which they have for hundreds of years b...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time,_ namely, as the last words of the preseding chapter, in the latter day. Here the subject is glorious, and the language sublime. Jeremiah 31:3. _I have loved thee with...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will turn their mourning into Joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow._ TRANSFIGURED TROUBLES In one of the German picture galleries is a painting called “Cloudland.” I...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:1 This chapter includes the most famous passage in Jeremiah 1:1, the promise of a new covenant (vv....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:13 When God restores Israel’s lives he will also restore their JOY. God will COMFORT THEM. See Isaiah 40:1.

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Vide_ on chap. 30. These two Chapter s form an unbroken prophecy, “a triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation.” The former chapter pledges the recovery from captivity of bo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 31:1 The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus solemnly declares his purpose of mercy, and dwells with special Mad...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Jeremiah 31:1-40. Now there are those who say that God has cast off Israel as a nation forever, and that all of the blessings, all of the covenants and all of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Esther 9:22; Ezra 6:22; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 51:3;...

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