30. but all shall die because of their own iniquity: the teeth of anyone who eats unripe grapes shall be set on edge.
31. See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
32. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, though I was their master—oracle of the Lord.
33. But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days—oracle of the Lord. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34. They will no longer teach their friends and relatives, “Know the Lord!” Everyone, from least to greatest, shall know me—oracle of the Lord—for I will forgive their iniquity and no longer remember their sin.
35. Thus says the Lord,Who gives the sun to light the day,moon and stars to light the night;Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar,whose name is Lord of hosts:
36. If ever this fixed order gives waybefore me—oracle of the Lord—Then would the offspring of Israel ceaseas a people before me forever.
37. Thus says the Lord:If the heavens on high could be measured,or the foundations below the earth be explored,Then would I reject all the offspring of Israelbecause of all they have done—oracle of the Lord.
38. See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when the city shall be rebuilt as the Lord’s, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39. A measuring line shall be stretched from there straight to the hill Gareb and then turn to Goah.
40. The whole valley of corpses and ashes, all the terraced slopes toward the Wadi Kidron, as far as the corner of the Horse Gate at the east, shall be holy to the Lord. Never again shall the city be uprooted or demolished.