Jeremiah 31:40

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.

And the whole valley {H6010} of the dead bodies {H6297}, and of the ashes {H1880}, and all the fields {H7709}{H8309} unto the brook {H5158} of Kidron {H6939}, unto the corner {H6438} of the horse {H5483} gate {H8179} toward the east {H4217}, shall be holy {H6944} unto the LORD {H3068}; it shall not be plucked up {H5428}, nor thrown down {H2040} any more for ever {H5769}.

The whole valley of corpses and ashes, including all the fields as far as Vadi Kidron, and on to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be separated out for Adonai; it will never be uprooted or destroyed again."

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.”

And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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Cross-References

  • Joel 3:17 (5 votes)

    So 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.

  • 2 Samuel 15:23 (5 votes)

    And 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:15 (4 votes)

    So 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.

  • 2 Kings 11:16 (4 votes)

    And 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.

  • John 18:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ When 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.

  • Nehemiah 3:28 (3 votes)

    From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.

  • 2 Kings 23:6 (3 votes)

    And 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.