Jeremiah 31:35–40

³⁵Thus says Yahweh,

Who ^agives the sun for light by day

And the statutes for the moon and the stars for light by night,

Who ^bstirs up the sea so that its waves roar;

^cYahweh of hosts is His name:

³⁶“^aIf these statutes are removed

From before Me,” declares Yahweh,

“Then the seed of Israel also will ^bcease

From being a nation before Me ¹forever.”

³⁷Thus says Yahweh,

“^aIf the heavens above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also ^breject all the seed of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

³⁸“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when the ^acity will be rebuilt for Yahweh from the ^bTower of Hananel to the ^cCorner Gate.

³⁹“The ^ameasuring line will go out farther, straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.

⁴⁰“And ^athe whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook ^bKidron, to the corner of the ^cHorse Gate toward the east, shall be ^dholy to Yahweh; it will not be uprooted or pulled down anymore forever.”