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

“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.

³⁷ it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(A)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(B) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.