Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 31:13

13 Then shall the virgin rejoyce in the dance, both young men and old men together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them to rejoyce from their sorrow .

This verse containeth only a further varie[illegible: 1 letter]y of expressions, all signifying the same thing, [illegible: 1 letter]iz. their happy state for some time after the captivity, we may understand, the dancings here of all sorts of people, either of their Religious rejoycing in their Holy Festivals▪ (for under the Old Testament in their Religious rejoycing they used these external expressions of joy, as appears from Psal. 150.4. and from D[illegible: 2 letters]id's dancing before the Ark) or of their civil joy, where dan[illegible: 1 letter]ing was more usual; the last words of the verse expound all the former.