All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
All the land shall be turned as a plain - or 'changed round about' х yicowb (H5437), from caabab (H5437)] - literally, to make a circuit. The whole hilly land round Jerusalem, which would prevent the free passage of the living waters, shall be changed, so as to be "as a (or the) plain" (Isaiah 40:4).
From Geba to Rimmon - Geba (2 Kings 23:8) in Benjamin, the northern border of Judah. Rimmon in Simeon (Joshua 15:32), the southern border of Judah; not the Rimmon northeast of Michmash. "The plain from Geba to Rimmon" (i:e., from one boundary to the other) is the Arabah or plain of the Jordan, extending from the sea of Tiberias to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea.
And it shall be lifted up - namely, Jerusalem shall be exalted, the hills all round being lowered (Micah 4:1).
And inhabited in her place - (Zechariah 12:6). And inhabited in her place - (Zechariah 12:6).
From Benjamin's gate - leading to the territory of Benjamin. The same as Ephraim's gate, the northern boundary of the city (2 Kings 14:13).
Unto the place of the first gate - where the former gate stood, west of the city (Grotius). "The place of," etc., implies that the gate itself was then not in existence. "The old gate" (Nehemiah 3:6).
Unto the corner gate - east of the city (Grotius). Or the "corner" joining the north and west parts of the wall (Villapandus). Grotius thinks "corners refers to the towers there built (cf. margin, Zephaniah 3:6).
And from the tower of Hananeel - south of the city, near the sheep gate (Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38). (Grotius.)
Unto the king's wine-presses - (Song of Solomon 8:11). In the interior of the city, at Zion (Grotius).