OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

the young men and the old together;

for I will turn their mourning into joy,

and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 31:13 in context

Jeremiah 31:10–16

“Hear the LORD’s word, you nations,

and declare it in the distant islands. Say,

‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,

and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob,

and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

They will come and sing in the height of Zion,

and will flow to the goodness of the LORD,

to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil,

and to the young of the flock and of the herd.

Their soul will be as a watered garden.

They will not sorrow any more at all.

Selected verse

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

the young men and the old together;

for I will turn their mourning into joy,

and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,

and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says the LORD.

The LORD says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,

lamentation and bitter weeping,

Rachel weeping for her children.

She refuses to be comforted for her children,

because they are no more.”

The LORD says:

“Refrain your voice from weeping,

and your eyes from tears,

for your work will be rewarded,” says the LORD.

“They will come again from the land of the enemy.

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