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The Lord Will Never Leave Israel

35 This is what the Lord says:

“The Lord makes the sun shine in the day.
    And he makes the moon and stars shine at night.
    He stirs up the sea so that its waves crash on the shore.
    The Lord of heaven’s armies is his name.
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.

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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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