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Jerusalem Will Be Rebuilt

38 The Lord said:

Someday, Jerusalem will truly belong to me. It will be rebuilt with a boundary line running from Hananel Tower to Corner Gate. 39 From there, the boundary will go in a straight line to Gareb Hill, then turn toward Goah. 40 Even that disgusting Hinnom Valley[a] will be sacred to me, and so will the eastern slopes that go down from Horse Gate into Kidron Valley. Jerusalem will never again be destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. 31.40 that disgusting Hinnom Valley: The Hebrew text has “the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the fatty ashes,” which probably refers to Hinnom Valley, just southwest of Jerusalem, where human sacrifices had been offered to foreign gods.

38 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt(A) for me from the Tower of Hananel(B) to the Corner Gate.(C) 39 The measuring line(D) will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. 40 The whole valley(E) where dead bodies(F) and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley(G) on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate,(H) will be holy(I) to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

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