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.
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Gill's Exposition
Again, I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel,.... The same with "all the families of Israel", Jer 31:1; who, when converted, will be espoused to Christ as a chaste virgin;…
Barnes' Notes
O virgin of Israel - i. e., the whole people (compare Jer 14:17 note).
God here assures his people,
I. That he will again take them into a covenant relation to himself, from which they seemed to be cut off. At the same time, when God's anger breaks out against the wicked…
Cambridge Bible
will I build thee, and thou shalt be built For build = make to prosper, see note on Jer 12:16.
O virgin of Israel The nation is addressed under the figure of a woman, as so often.
tabrets The tabret…
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