Jeremiah 31:35–40

³⁵This 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 ^v—

Yahweh of Hosts is His name:

³⁶If this fixed order departs from My presence—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

then also Israel’s descendants will cease

to be a nation before Me forever. ^w

³⁷This is what the Lord says:

If the heavens above can be measured

and the foundations of the earth below explored,

I will 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 ^xfrom the Tower of Hananel ^yto the Corner Gate ^zwill be rebuilt for the Lord. ³⁹A measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb ^aand then turn toward Goah. ⁴⁰The whole valley—the corpses, the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley ^bto the corner of the Horse Gate ^cto the east—will be holy to the Lord. It will never be uprooted or demolished again.”