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36 “If these rules would cease from before me,”[a] declares[b] Yahweh, “also the offspring of Israel would cease from being a nation before me[c] forever.”[d] 37 Thus says Yahweh, “If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, also I will reject all the offspring of Israel because of all that they have done,” declares[e] Yahweh. 38 “Look, days are coming,” declares[f] Yahweh, “and the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:36 Literally “to the face of me”
  2. Jeremiah 31:36 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 31:36 Literally “to the face of me”
  4. Jeremiah 31:36 Literally “all the days”
  5. Jeremiah 31:37 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 31:38 Literally “a declaration of”

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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