Jeremiah 31:39

Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hanameel even to the gate of the corner.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

38Thus saith the Lord: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I also will cast away all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

40And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,

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Cross References

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

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 →

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