Hill of Gareb
The hill marking Jerusalem's western limit in Jeremiah's rebuilding prophecy, to which the measuring line would run straight out.
First mentioned in the Bible
"Look! Days are coming," declares Jehovah, "when the city will be rebuilt for Jehovah, from the Tower of Hanʹa·nel to the Corner Gate. And the measuring line will go out straight ahead to the hill of Gaʹreb and turn toward Goʹah."— Jeremiah 31:38-39
Background
Gareb (Hebrew for "scabby, bare place") is a landmark in Jeremiah's prophecy of Jerusalem's rebuilt boundary. On the eve of the city's fall (c. 587 BC), Jeremiah declared the final hope of the Book of Consolation: "Look! Days are coming when the city will be rebuilt for Jehovah, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. The measuring line will go out straight ahead to the hill of Gareb and turn toward Goah" (Jer 31:38-39). Gareb lay outside the walls of that day, on the bare ridge west of the Hinnom Valley; some scholars suggest lepers were once quarantined there. That an unclean place would one day become "holy to Jehovah" underscores Jehovah's grace of restoration and cleansing.
Related Scriptures (New World Translation)
“Look! The days are coming,” declares Jehovah, “when the city will be built to Jehovah from the Tower of Ha·nanʹel to the Corner Gate. And the measuring line will go out straight ahead to the hill of Gaʹreb, and it will turn toward Goʹah.— Jeremiah 31:38-39
And I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I asked: “Where are you going?”— Zechariah 2:1-2Explore Hill of Gareb on the interactive map →
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