Jeremiah 31:39
Good News Translation
And the boundary line will continue from there on the west to the hill of Gareb and then around to Goah.

New Revised Standard Version
And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.

Contemporary English Version
From there, the boundary will go in a straight line to Gareb Hill, then turn toward Goah.

New American Bible
A measuring line shall be stretched from there straight to the hill Gareb and then turn to Goah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,

Ezekiel 40:8 And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within, was one reed.

Zechariah 2:1,2 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand. . . .

Context
Mourning Turned to Joy
38Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hanameel even to the gate of the corner. 39And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,40And the whole valley of dead bodies, and of ashes, and all the country of death, even to the torrent Cedron, and to the corner of the horse gate towards the east, the Holy of the Lord: it shall not be plucked up, and it shall not be destroyed any more for ever.…
Cross References
Zechariah 1:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem in mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts: and the building line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:1
And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2:2
And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof.

Jeremiah 31:38
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