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35 The Lord is the one who causes the sun to shine during the day.
    He causes the moon and the stars to shine at night.
He causes the waves of the sea to move around
    and they make a loud noise.
He is the Lord Almighty,
    and he makes this promise:
36 ‘I will always take care of Israel's people as my special nation.
I will always cause the laws that rule everything to continue.
I could never forget those laws, and I could never forget my people.’

37 The Lord says,

‘Nobody can measure the size of the sky.
    Nobody can dig down to the bottom of the earth's foundations.
In the same way, I can never turn away from all Israel's people.
I will not leave them,
    even though they have done wicked things.’

That is what the Lord says.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 31:37 Because none of these things will happen, the Lord will never leave his people.

35 This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints(A) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,(B)
who stirs up the sea(C)
    so that its waves roar(D)
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(E)
36 “Only if these decrees(F) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel(G) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

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

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