35 Thus says the Lord,

Who agives the sun for light by day

And the 1fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,

Who bstirs up the sea so that its waves roar;

cThe Lord of hosts is His name:

36 “aIf 1this fixed order departs

From before Me,” declares the Lord,

“Then the offspring of Israel also will bcease

From being a nation before Me 2forever.”

37 Thus says the Lord,

“aIf the heavens above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also bcast off all the offspring of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares the Lord.

38 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the acity will be rebuilt for the Lord 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 the Lord; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”