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36 “Only if these laws should ever fail,”
    says the Lord,
“will Israel’s descendants stop
    being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

“There’s only one way I will reject all the descendants of Israel.
    That is if people can measure the sky above.
    It is if they can learn the secrets of the earth below.
Then I will reject them because of what they have done,” says the Lord.

The New Jerusalem

38 The Lord says, “The days are coming when Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me. Everything from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt.

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36 “Only if these decrees(A) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel(B) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

“Only if the heavens above can be measured(C)
    and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject(D) all the descendants of Israel
    because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.

38 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt(E) for me from the Tower of Hananel(F) to the Corner Gate.(G)

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