35. Thus says the Lord, who gives the sunfor a light by dayand the ordinances of the moon and of the starsfor a light by night,who stirs up the seaso that the waves roar,the Lord of Hosts is His name:
36. If those ordinances depart from before Me,says the Lord,then the seed of Israel also will ceasefrom being a nation before Me forever.
37. Thus says the Lord: If heaven above can be measured,and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,I will also cast off all the seed of Israelfor all that they have done,says the Lord.
38. Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the city will be built to the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39. The measuring line shall stretch out straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.
40. The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, will be holy to the Lord. It will not be plucked up nor thrown down any more forever.