Jeremiah 31:40
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And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
In other translations
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
Hebrew words
וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הָעֵמֶקha'emekthe valley ofH6010הַפְּגָרִים׀hapegarimthe corpsesH6297וְהַדֶּשֶׁןvehadeshenand the fatty ashH1880וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הַשְּׁדֵמוֹתhasheremotthe terraced fieldsH7709עַד־'ad-toH5704נַחַלnachal[the] wadi ofH5158קִדְרוֹןkidronKidronH6939עַד־'ad-toH5704פִּנַּתpinat[the] corner ofH6438שַׁעַרsha'ar[the] gate ofH8179הַסּוּסִיםhasusimthe horsesH5483מִזְרָחָהmizrachaheast -wardH4217קֹדֶשׁkodesh[will be] holyH6944לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִנָּתֵשׁyinateshit will be plucked upH5428וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יֵהָרֵסyeharesit will be torn downH2040עוֹדodagainH5750לְעוֹלָם׃ סle'olamfor everH5769
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 15:23And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
- Joel 3:17So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- 2 Kings 11:16And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
- John 18:1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
- 2 Chronicles 23:15So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
- Nehemiah 3:28From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
- 2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
- Zechariah 14:20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
- 2 Kings 23:6And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- Jeremiah 8:2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
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People and places
Places: Horse Gate, Kidron