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And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

"Have you not observed what these people have asserted, saying, 'The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them'? So they despise My people as no longer being a nation in their sight.

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

"This is what the LORD says: 'If My covenant for day and night does not continue, and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth,

Thus saith the Lord ; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and have mercy on them.'"

Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.