Bible verse
The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
Jeremiah 31:39 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 31.
35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
36 “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
37 This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
38 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39 The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
KJV
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
ASV
And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
ERV
And the measuring line shall yet go out straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
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