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He caused them to (A)stand forever and ever;
He gave a (B)statute and it will never pass away.

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and he established them for ever and ever—
    he issued a decree(A) that will never pass away.

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35 Thus says Yahweh,

Who (A)gives the sun for light by day
And the statutes for the moon and the stars for light by night,
Who (B)stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;
(C)Yahweh of hosts is His name:
36 (D)If these statutes are removed
From before Me,” declares Yahweh,
“Then the seed of Israel also will (E)cease
From being a nation before Me [a]forever.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit all the days

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.”

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