Verse 10
10. turned—or, "changed round about": literally, "to make a circuit." The whole hilly land round Jerusalem, which would prevent the free passage of the living waters, shall be changed so as to be "as a (or the) plain" ( :-).
from Geba to Rimmon—Geba (2 Kings 23:8) in Benjamin, the north border of Judah. Rimmon, in Simeon (2 Kings 23:8- :), the south border of Judah; not the Rimmon northeast of Michmash. "The plain from Geba to Rimmon" (that is, from one boundary to the other) is the Arabah or plain of the Jordan, extending from the Sea of Tiberias to the Elanitic Gulf of the Red Sea.
it shall be lifted up—namely, Jerusalem shall be exalted, the hills all round being lowered (2 Kings 23:8- :).
inhabited in her place— (Zechariah 12:6).
from Benjamin's gate—leading to the territory of Benjamin. The same as Ephraim's gate, the north boundary of the city (2 Kings 14:13).
the first gate—west of the city [GROTIUS]. "The place of," c. implies that the gate itself was then not in existence. "The old gate" (2 Kings 14:13- :).
the corner gate—east of the city [GROTIUS]. Or the "corner" joining the north and west parts of the wall [VILLALPANDUS]. GROTIUS thinks "corners" refers to the towers there built (compare Zephaniah 3:6, Margin).
tower of Hananeel—south of the city, near the sheep gate (Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38) [GROTIUS].
king's wine-presses— (Song of Solomon 8:11). In the interior of the city, at Zion [GROTIUS].
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