⁴⁴ Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies,^(A) I will not reject them or abhor^(B) them so as to destroy them completely,^(C) breaking my covenant^(D) with them. I am the Lord their God.

³¹ For the Lord your God is a merciful^(A) God; he will not abandon^(B) or destroy^(C) you or forget^(D) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.