Bible Strands
Jeremiah 30:19
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to the afflicted remnant of Judah, immediately after promising to rebuild the city and restore the palace (v. 18).
The words — מְשַׂחֲקִים (me.sa.cha.Kim) is a participle: not a state of joy but active "merry-makers," people doing the celebrating. תּוֹדָה (to.Dah) is the concrete noun for the act of giving thanks, not an abstract sentiment.
The thread — The multiplication language echoes Isaiah 60:22 ("the least of you will become a thousand") and Jeremiah 33:22 (hosts of heaven, sand on the seashore). The return-with-singing motif appears in Isaiah 51:11, where the redeemed enter Zion "with singing, crowned with everlasting joy."
Why it lands — The verse pairs God's action (multiply, honor) with the people's response (thanksgiving, celebration) as if the latter flows from the former. It asks the reader to hold a promise of restoration that has not yet arrived against the present reality of exile and diminishment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 33:22 As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
- Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
- Isaiah 35:10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Ezekiel 36:37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Jeremiah 31:4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Zechariah 10:8 I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
- Psalms 126:1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Zechariah 12:8 On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.