35. the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day,and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar;the Lord of Hosts is his name, says:
36. “If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the Lord,“then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”
37. the Lord says: “If heaven above can be measured,and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,” says the Lord.
38. “Behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “that the city will be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
39. The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn towards Goah.
40. The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate towards the east, will be holy to the Lord. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”