^{35 Ref} Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves of it roar; Yahweh of hosts is his name:

^{36 Ref} If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

^{37 Ref} Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.