Jeremiah 31:35–40

³⁵Thus says the Lord,

^dWho gives the sun for a light by day,

The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,

Who disturbs ^ethe sea,

And its waves roar

^f(The Lord of hosts is His name):

³⁶“If ^gthose ordinances depart

From before Me, says the Lord,

Then the seed of Israel shall also cease

From being a nation before Me forever.”

³⁷Thus says the Lord:

^h“If heaven above can be measured,

And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,

I will also ⁱcast off all the seed of Israel

For all that they have done, says the Lord.

³⁸“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that the city shall be built for the Lord—^jfrom the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. ^39kThe surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath. ⁴⁰And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, ^lto the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, ^mshall be holy to the Lord. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever.”