23 They will not toil* for nothing,*+

Nor will they bear children for distress,

Because they are the offspring* made up of those blessed by Jehovah,+

And their descendants with them.+

35 This is what Jehovah says,

Who gives the sun for light by day,

The laws* of the moon and the stars for light by night,

Who stirs up the sea and makes its waves boisterous,

Whose name is Jehovah of armies:+

36 “‘If these regulations should ever fail,’ declares Jehovah,

‘Only then would the offspring of Israel cease as a nation before me always.’”+