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Jeremiah 31:39

World English Bible

The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah.

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Jeremiah 31:39 in other translations

And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.

Jeremiah 31:39 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 31:39 in context

  1. 37Yahweh says: “If heaven above can be measured,
    and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
    then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,” says Yahweh.
  2. 38“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the city will be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
  3. 39The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah.
  4. 40The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to Yahweh. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”