“The whole land
Shall be turned
Into a plain
From Geba
To Rimmon,
South of Jerusalem.
But Jerusalem shall remain aloft
On its site,
From the Gate of Benjamin
To the place
Of the former gate,
To the Corner Gate.
It will remain
From the Tower of Hananel
To the king’s wine presses.
It shall be inhabited.
Never again shall it be doomed
To destruction.
Jerusalem shall abide in security.”
Although the whole land south of Jerusalem from Geba to Rimmon would be turned into a plain, Jerusalem would remain aloft from the fray, tall and strong. Geba would be the northern boundary of Judah, about 5 miles north of Jerusalem, but actually in Benjamin. Rimmon was the southernmost town in Judah, in the old Simeon territory, about 13 miles south of Hebron. Jerusalem would be safe from its norther Gate of Benjamin to the wines presses in the southern part of the city. Never again would Jerusalem be destroyed, because it would live in security.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 