King James Version
Jeremiah 31:38 in the King James Version says “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.”
Jeremiah 31:38 · KJV
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.
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“that the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“from the tower”
H4026a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
“of Hananeel”
H2606chananel, probably an israelite, from whom a tower of jerusalem was named
“of the corner”
H6438an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
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