Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 31:39

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39. measuring-line — ( Ezekiel 40:8 ; Zechariah 2:1 ). Gareb —from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy"; the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed. Goath —from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was northwest [JUNIUS]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-40" class="com-number"