Jeremiah 31:35–40

³⁵Thus 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.”

³⁷Thus 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.”