No, but with measured justice he exiled them and contended with them. He removed them from the land with his severe blast on the day his searing east wind blew.
You will not find me continually accusing them or holding anger against them, lest they feel defeated and lose heart before me. For I am the One who gave the breath of life to my people.
It is impossible for you to measure the heavens above or to fathom the foundations of the earth below. In the same way, it is impossible for me to reject my people Israel, no matter what they have done,” declares Yahweh.
I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and I will never stop doing good things for them. I will inspire them to honor and respect me so that they will never walk away from me again.
“Have you heard that these people are saying, ‘Yahweh has forsaken Judah and Israel, whom he chose for himself’? They despise my people and no longer consider them as a nation.
