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Jeremiah 31 is a part of the Eleventh prophecy (Jeremiah 30-31) in the Consolations (Jeremiah 30-33) section. As mentioned in the "Text" section, verses 30:25-31:39 in the Hebrew Bible below are numbered as 31:1-40 in the Christian Bible. [7] {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.
— Jeremiah 31:38 About 150 years later, the walls of Jerusalem were built again under Nehemiah : [ 5 ] Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
A warrior named Gareb (Garev) from the tribe of Judah is mentioned in 2 Samuel 23 and the First Book of Chronicles (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40). Two among King David's guard of thirty, Ira and Gareb, are both qualified there as "the Ithrite". They may have come from Jattir (Yatir), in the mountains of Judah. [citation needed]
Gibeat Goath or the Hill of Death (of roaring, groaning) is a hill near Jerusalem, mentioned in Jeremiah 31:39. Jeremiah predicts (Jer. 31:36-40) that the city should in future times extend beyond the north wall (the second wall) and inclose Gibeat Gareb and Gibeat Goath.
Jeremiah 38 is the thirty-eighth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is numbered as Jeremiah 45 in the Septuagint . This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah , and is one of the Books of the Prophets .
The chapters 30 and 31 are mostly poetical, except in verse 30:1–4, 8–9; 31:1, 23–24, 38–40, whereas chapters 32 and 33 are generally prose, and the collection of these four chapters is known as "the Book of Consolation" due to its content of "hopes for the future" in contrast to the words of judgement in previous chapters. [15]
Many returned to Mizpah from where they had fled. The prophet Jeremiah came to Mizpah from Ramah in Benjamin, where the Babylonians had released him. Later, Ishmael, a member of the royal family, assassinated Gedaliah. Despite Jeremiah's warning that the people would be accused and die if they went to Egypt, they persisted in going there. [9]
"The tower of Hananeel": a well-known landmark, which is mentioned also in Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10, standing midway between "the sheep gate" and "the fish gate", at the northeast corner of Jerusalem, then from this point, the wall which had run northwestern from the sheep gate now turned to west. [11]