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"Have you not observedwhatthispeople have spoken, saying, 'The 1twofamilieswhich the LORDchose, He has 2rejected them'? Thus they 3despise My people, nolonger are they as a nation in their sight.
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"Thussays the LORD, 'If My 4covenant for day and night stand not, and the fixedpatterns of heaven and earth I have 5not established,
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then I would 6reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants7rulersover the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will 8restore their fortunes and will have9mercy on them.' "