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43 The land will be empty of them, so that in its desolation it may enjoy its sabbaths without them, while they suffer punishment for their guilt, because, and only because, they rejected my ordinances and they detested my statutes with all their heart.

44 Yet, for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, and I will not detest them so much that I exterminate them. I will not annul my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 45 I will remember in their favor the covenant to be their God that I made with their first generation, whom I freed from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations. I am the Lord.

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43 For the land will be deserted(A) by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected(B) my laws and abhorred my decrees.(C) 44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies,(D) I will not reject them or abhor(E) them so as to destroy them completely,(F) breaking my covenant(G) with them. I am the Lord their God. 45 But for their sake I will remember(H) the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt(I) in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’”

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