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Jeremiah 31:38
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh declares to Israel a future promise of urban restoration following a warning that rejection is impossible despite their sins.
The words — The text highlights נְאֻם־ (ne.'um-) meaning [the] utterance of and וְ/נִבְנְתָ֤ה (ve./niv.ne.Tah) meaning and/ it will be rebuilt, anchoring the promise in divine speech and certain construction.
The thread — This restoration motif extends to Jeremiah 30:18 regarding the restoration of Jacob’s tents and Zechariah 14:10 where Jerusalem is raised up and the land is leveled.
Why it lands — The passage requires a reader to accept a fixed timeline for physical rebuilding and to recognize that divine commitment overrides past rebellion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Zechariah 14:10 All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
- 2 Kings 14:13 There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
- Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- Jeremiah 31:27 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
- Nehemiah 2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
- Nehemiah 12:30 After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
- Isaiah 44:28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
- Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Ezekiel 48:30 “These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long,