“The Lord gave me another message to Jeremiah. He said, ‘Have you noticed what people are saying? – The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them! They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation. But this is what the Lord says: I would no more reject my people than I would change My laws that govern night and day, earth and sky. I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, My servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.” (vv. 23-26, NLT)