⁴ I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin^(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.^(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels^(C)
    and go out to dance^(D) with the joyful.^(E)

¹³ Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning^(A) into gladness;
    I will give them comfort^(B) and joy^(C) instead of sorrow.

³ Let them praise his name with dancing^(A)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.^(B)

⁴ praise him with timbrel and dancing,^(A)
    praise him with the strings^(B) and pipe,^(C)

¹⁵ Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.^(A)