Jeremiah 31:38

Those who accept the reign of the Messiah for one thousand years in the land of Judea—clearly the Jews and our Judaizers—strive to claim and to demonstrate that the sanctuary of the Lord, that is, the temple, must be maintained forever in one location, specifically that of the tower of Hananel and the corner gate and the hill Gareb and Goah and the entire valley of corpses and ashes and the river Kidron and the corner of the eastern Gate of Horses. Because they are unable to show that it was completed after their captivity in the times of Zerubbabel and Ezra, they pass to the times of the Messiah, whom they say is coming at the consummation of the world, so that a golden and bejeweled Jerusalem can descend, according to the Apocalypse of John, and be built within this space of land, that is, beginning at one place and ending at another. And they receive this whiff of a suspicion that the foundation of the city is to be laid from the tower at Anathoth, which today is called Jeremiah's and is separated from Jerusalem by three thousand [sic], to the river Kidron, where there is a garden in which Judas the traitor betrayed the Savior, as written in the Gospel."We are about to read in what follows," they say, "that Hanamel the son of Shallum was Jeremiah's uncle and that Jeremiah bought Hanamel's field and that this is the tower of Hanamel." Yet, they did not know the truth of the Hebrew, for this is what is written: "from the tower of Hananel," with an n clearly as the fifth letter, whereas the name in the other phrase has an m as the fifth letter: "Behold, Hanamel, son of Shallum, your uncle, will come to you."

Invoking the Lord and Savior "who has the key of David, who opens and no one closes, who closes and no one opens," … let us approach the edifice of the city to which the prophetic words were directed: "Glorious things are said of you, O city of God," and "the river's flow delights the City of God." Thus, the church is built from the tower "of obedience" or "grace" or "the gifts of God"—for this is what Hananel means—to the corner gate. Even though the church may appear to have a sublime beginning, we are unable to possess the straight line of truth as long as we are in the flesh, but we stand on a corner with broken lines, where the measuring line goes out beyond the corner gate to the hill Gareb, which, in our language, is translated either "sojourn" or "itch," to teach us that we are foreigners and wanderers with ears itching to provide easy agreement to the worst of new doctrines.And "it will go around Goah," it says, which the Septuagint translates as "a circuit around chosen stones," who wish to be on the face of the earth and are bound together by the cornerstone, with the apostle Peter saying, "like living stones, be built into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." It continues, "And it goes around the entire valley of Phagarim," which means "ruins" and "ashes," so that even though we appear to be in the hills, we may always yet fear the ruins and consider the ashes and say penance with David: "I ate ashes like bread and mixed tears into my drink." Hence, to the sleeping it is said, "Is it not true that one who falls rises again, says the Lord?" It also says "the entire Sademoth," which we translate as the "region of death," from sade, which means "region," and moth, which means "death." But Aquila translates it "suburban," or "field" and "country." But the "region of death" is the […]

Then it continues, "to the corner gate." It is made a corner lest any true justice or any certain victory be thought demonstrable in this world. And the corner gate itself, though it may be "in the east," whence the light originates, is nevertheless called "horse gate," this to teach us that we need to ride and to fight, so that we may deserve to hear with the Lord, "You mounted your horses and the salvation of your chariot."

(Verse 38) . Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the city will be rebuilt for the Lord, from the tower of Ananeel (also known as Anamehel) to the corner gate. And the measuring line will extend beyond it, to the hill of Gareb, and will encompass Goatha (or according to the Septuagint, with chosen stones). And the entire valley of ruins (for which Theodotius placed the Hebrew word Phagarim, and ashes, and all Asaremoth, which we better read as Asademoth, for which Aquila interpreted as suburban) will extend to the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Eastern Horse Gate. The holy place of the Lord will not be rooted up or destroyed forever. Those who receive the kingdom of Christ in the land of Judea, namely the Jews and our Judaizers, try to show the tower of Ananeel and the gate of the corner, and the hill of Gareb, and Goatha, and the valley of Phagarim, and all Asademoth, and the Cedron torrent, and the place of the corner gate of the east horses: and there they say that the sanctuary of the Lord, that is, the temple, is to be built, and will remain forever. Because they cannot show this accomplishment after the captivity during the times of Zorobabel and Ezra, they move on to the times of Christ, whom they say will come at the end of the world, so that he may descend upon Jerusalem adorned with gold and jewels, according to the Book of Revelation, and be built around this land, that is, from that place to this place, in a circuit (Rev. 21). And they take this ring of theirs, because it is situated by the tower of Anathoth, which is now called Jeremiah, three miles separated from Jerusalem, all the way to the Brook of Kidron, which is written in the Gospel (John 18), and is in the valley of Jehoshaphat, where there was a garden, in which Judas the betrayer handed over the Savior, the foundations of the city are laid. […]

These exceedingly great and precious promises were firm foundations of hope and full fountains of joy to the poor captives; and we also may apply them to ourselves and mix faith with them.