Jeremiah 31:39

and the measuring line will go on even further in his sight, over the hill of Gareb, and it will encircle Goah

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

In Context

38Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when a city will be built for the Lord from the tower of Hananel, even to the Gate of the Corner;

40and the entire Valley of dead bodies and ashes, and the entire region of death, even to the torrent of Kedron, and to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east. All this will be the holy place of the Lord. It will not be rooted up, and it will not be torn down, anymore, forever.”

Read all of Jeremiah 31

Cross References

Zechariah 2:1And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:36-40

Evangelical Promises; The Rebuilding of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 594.) 35 Thus saith the Lord , which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord , then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the Lord ; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Jeremiah 31:39