Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
valley of . . . dead—Tophet, where the bodies of malefactors were cast (Isaiah 30:33), south of the city.
fields . . . Kidron—so II Kings 23:4. Fields in the suburbs reaching as far as Kidron, east of the city.
horse gate—Through it the king's horses were led forth for watering to the brook Kidron (II Kings 11:16; Nehemiah 3:28).
for ever—The city shall not only be spacious, but both "holy to the Lord," that is, freed from all pollutions, and everlasting (Joel 3:17, Joel 3:20; Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:10, Revelation 21:27).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 31:40:
Ezekiel 39:29
Zechariah 14:11
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