²² For the sake^(A) of his great name^(B) the Lord will not reject^(C) his people, because the Lord was pleased to make^(D) you his own.

³⁷ This is what the Lord says:

²⁴ “Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms^[a](A) he chose’? So they despise^(B) my people and no longer regard them as a nation.^{(C) 25} This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night^(D) and established the laws^(E) of heaven and earth,^{(F) 26} then I will reject^(G) the descendants of Jacob^(H) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes^[b](I) and have compassion^(J) on them.’”

⁵ circumcised^(A) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,^(B) of the tribe of Benjamin,^(C) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;^(D)