Jeremiah 31:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

The measuring line - (Ezekiel 40:8; Zechariah 2:1).

Gareb - from a Hebrew root [gaarab], to scrape; Syriac, leprosy: the locality outside the city where lepers were removed to.

Goath - from a root х gaawa` (H1478)] to lose one's breath with toil, to toil, referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, toward the southwest, as Gareb was northwest (Junius).

Jeremiah 31:39

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