36. “Only if these laws should ever fail,”says the Lord,“will Israel’s descendants ever stopbeing a nation before me.”
37. This is what the Lord says:“Only if people can measure the sky aboveand learn the secrets of the earth below,will I reject all the descendants of Israelbecause of what they have done,” says the Lord.
38. The Lord says, “The time is coming when Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me—everything from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39. The measuring line will stretch from the Corner Gate straight to the hill of Gareb. Then it will turn to the place named Goah.
40. The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate—all that area will be holy to the Lord. The city of Jerusalem will never again be torn down or destroyed.”