| Geneva Study Bible And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. Wesley's Notes 31:39 The line - That is, it shall be built round about upon its old foundations. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 39. measuring-line-(Eze 40:8; Zec 2:1). Gareb-from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy"; the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed. Goath-from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was northwest [Junius]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 31:35-40 As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be continued a separate people. Words can scarcely set forth more strongly the restoration of Israel. The rebuilding of Jerusalem, and its enlargement and establishment, shall be an earnest of the great things God will do for the gospel church. The personal happiness of every true believer, as well as the future restoration of Israel, is secured by promise, covenant, and oath. This Divine love passes knowledge; and to those who take hold upon it, every present mercy is an earnest of salvation. | 
