Jeremiah 31:35–40

³⁵“This is what the Lord says:

The one who gives the sun for light by day,

the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night,

who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar^d —

the Lord of Armies is his name:

³⁶If this fixed order departs from before me—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

only then will Israel’s descendants cease

to be a nation before me forever.^e

³⁷“This is what the Lord says:

Only if the heavens above can be measured

and the foundations of the earth below explored,

will I reject all of Israel’s descendants

because of all they have done—

this is the Lord’s declaration.

³⁸“Look, the days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when the city^A from the Tower of Hananel^f to the Corner Gate^g will be rebuilt for the Lord. ³⁹A measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb^h and then turn toward Goah. ⁴⁰The whole valley—the corpses, the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valleyⁱ to the corner of the Horse Gate^j to the east—will be holy to the Lord. It will never be uprooted or demolished again.”