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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 31:13
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together, etc.] Not any particular virgin, but all virgins, as Kimchi interprets it. The Targum is, “then shall the congregation of Israel rejoice as in dances;” it may very well be understood of the church of Christ, espoused to him as a chaste virgin, and of her spiritual joy in him, in allusion to the joy expressed by such persons in dancing, both upon civil and religious accounts; and it denotes that the joy should be very general and extensive, that persons of every age and sex should partake of it; (see <380917>Zechariah 9:17); for I will turn their mourning into joy: their mourning for sin, and for want of the divine presence, into joy, on account of the goodness of the Lord to them, and the large provisions made for them; though they come weeping to Zion, yet, when come thither, sing in the height of it, (<243109>Jeremiah 31:9,12); their fasts, as elsewhere, are turned into festivals; sometimes the joy of the saints is suddenly turned into grief, and again their sorrow turned into joy; (see <193005>Psalm 30:5-7,11,12); and will comfort them; with the discoveries of love, with the divine Presence, and views of pardoning grace: and make them rejoice from their sorrow; cause their sorrow to break off through joy: or, “after their sorrow”f594; that being ended, joy shall succeed.
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