Jeremiah 31:38 ““The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebu…”

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

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the city will be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

American Standard Version

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

Geneva Bible 1599

Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that the citie shalbe built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel, vnto the gate of the corner.

Darby Translation

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah, from the tower of Hananeel unto the corner-gate.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, days [are coming], an affirmation of Jehovah, And the city hath been built to Jehovah, From the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

Bible in Basic English

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.

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Cross references

“the days”

Jeremiah 31:27 Jeremiah 23:5

Jeremiah 31:27 · BSB

“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.

Jeremiah 23:5 · BSB

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.

“that”

Jeremiah 30:18 Nehemiah 12:30–40 Isaiah 44:28 Ezekiel 48:30–35 Daniel 9:25 Nehemiah 2:17–20

Jeremiah 30:18 · BSB

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.

Nehemiah 12:30–40 · BSB

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Isaiah 44:28 · BSB

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.’”

Ezekiel 48:30–35 · BSB

“These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long,

Daniel 9:25 · BSB

Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but i…

Nehemiah 2:17–20 · BSB

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.”

“the tower”

Zechariah 14:10 Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 12:39

Zechariah 14:10 · BSB

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…

Nehemiah 3:1 · BSB

At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated t…

Nehemiah 12:39 · BSB

over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

“the gate”

2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 26:9

2 Kings 14:13 · BSB

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…

2 Chronicles 26:9 · BSB

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37This 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.

39The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

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