Jer 31:38-40 | JFB | STEP | 38. tower of Hananeel-- The city shall extend beyond its former bounds ( ; ; ). gate of ... corner-- ( ; ).

‏ Jeremiah 31:38-40

38. tower of Hananeel--The city shall extend beyond its former bounds (Ne 3:1; 12:39; Zec 14:10).

gate of ... corner--(2Ki 14:13; 2Ch 26:9).

39. measuring-line--(Eze 40:8; Zec 2:1).

Gareb--from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy"; the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed.

Goath--from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was northwest [Junius].

40. valley of ... dead--Tophet, where the bodies of malefactors were cast (Is 30:33), south of the city.

fields ... Kidron--so 2Ki 23:4. Fields in the suburbs reaching as far as Kidron, east of the city.

horse gate--Through it the king's horses were led forth for watering to the brook Kidron (2Ki 11:16; Ne 3:28).

for ever--The city shall not only be spacious, but both "holy to the Lord," that is, freed from all pollutions, and everlasting (Joe 3:17, 20; Re 21:2, 10, 27).