Jeremiah 31:36

Israel's national existence is as assured as the unchangeableness of the laws imposed by God on the universe, or as its limitless character.

38-40. See on Jeremiah 7:31. Jerusalem in her future extension is to enclose spaces hitherto considered unclean. Tower of Hananeel] at the NE. corner. The gate of the corner] at the NW. (see on 2 Kings 14:13). Gareb.. Goath] not mentioned elsewhere. Gareb means 'leper's hill.'

Jeremiah's Seventeenth Prophecy (Reign of Zedekiah During the Siege). Israel's Hope

Hitherto the general character of Jeremiah's prophecies has been gloomy. The whole tone of this section, on the other hand, is one of hopefulness, which is the more remarkable inasmuch as it was delivered at a time when the prophet was subject to imprisonment, and famine and pestilence held possession of the city, and the prospects of the nation were at their lowest. It was under such circumstances then that it was announced through Jeremiah that the chosen people should not perish, that through them the Gentile nations should be led to a knowledge of the true God, that the Righteous Branch should yet arise from the house of David, and Zion 'shall be called, The Lord our righteousness': see on Jeremiah 33:16.