en_tn_condensed/jer/31/04.md

I will build you up again so you will be built

"I will build you up again. Remember this: I will build you". Yahweh is speaking to the people of Israel.

virgin Israel

"Israel, who falsely pretends to be fully devoted to me". The word "virgin" makes a person think about a young woman who has never married and has never had the opportunity to be faithless. Calling Israel this is ironic. See Jeremiah 18:13.

tambourines

musical instruments with heads like a drum that can be hit, with pieces of metal around their sides that sound when shaken