<p class="poetry">Be amazed at this, O heavens!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is the one who<n id="1" /> by his power made the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who by his wisdom established the world.p> <p class="poetry">And by his understanding he spread out the skies.p>

<p class="poetry">He is the one who<n id="1" /> by his power made the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place,p> <p class="poetry">by his understanding he spread out the heavens.p>

But I, the <sc>Lordsc>, make the following promise:<n id="1" /> I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.

<p class="poetry">Then heaven and earth and all that is in themp> <p class="poetry">will sing for joy over Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">For destroyers from the north will attack it,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8220;I will not reject all the descendants of Israelp> <p class="poetry">because of all that they have done.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">That could only happen if the heavens above could be measuredp> <p class="poetry">or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>