Jeremiah 31:38
ContextNET © | “Indeed a time is coming,” 1 says the Lord, 2 “when the city of Jerusalem 3 will be rebuilt as my special city. 4 It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. 5 |
NIV © | "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. |
NASB © | "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. |
NLT © | "The time is coming," says the LORD, "when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. |
MSG © | "The time is coming"--it's GOD's Decree--"when GOD's city will be rebuilt, rebuilt all the way from the Citadel of Hanamel to the Corner Gate. |
BBE © | 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. |
NRSV © | The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when the city shall be rebuilt for the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. |
NKJV © | "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. |
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NET © | “Indeed a time is coming,” 1 says the Lord, 2 “when the city of Jerusalem 3 will be rebuilt as my special city. 4 It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. 5 |
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1 tc The words “is coming” (בָּאִים, ba’im) are not in the written text (Kethib) but are supplied in the margin (Qere), in several Hebrew sn On this idiom compare vv. 27, 31. 2 tn Heb “Oracle of the 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4. 4 tn Heb “the city will be built to [or for] the 5 tn The word “westward” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to give some orientation. sn The Tower of Hananel is referred to in Neh 3:1; 12:39; Zech 14:10. According to the directions given in Neh 3 it was in the northern wall, perhaps in the northeast corner, north of the temple mount. The Corner Gate is mentioned again in 2 Kgs 14:13; 2 Chr 25:23; 26:9; Zech 14:10. It is generally agreed that it was located in the northwest corner of the city. |