36. “I am as likely to reject my people Israelas I am to abolish the laws of nature!”
37. This is what the lord says:“Just as the heavens cannot be measuredand the foundations of the earth cannot be explored,so I will not consider casting them awayfor the evil they have done.I, the lord, have spoken!
38. “The day is coming,” says the lord, “when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39. A measuring line will be stretched out over the hill of Gareb and across to Goah.
40. And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the lord. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”