Text -- Jeremiah 31:4 (NET)

31:4 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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 31:4

¹ tn Heb “Virgin Israel.”

sn For the significance of this metaphor see the note on Jer 14:17. Here the emphasis appears on his special love and care for his people and the hint (further developed in vv. 21-22) that, though guilty of sin, he considers them like an innocent young virgin.

² sn Contrast Jer 7:34 and 25:10.