The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.

耶和华既喜悦选你们作他的子民，就必因他的大名不撇弃你们。

耶和华必因他大名的缘故不撇弃他的子民，因为耶和华喜悦你们作他的子民。

耶和华必因他大名的缘故不撇弃他的子民，因为耶和华喜悦你们作他的子民。

耶和华不会丢弃祂的子民，使自己的大名受损，祂乐意使你们做祂的子民。

耶和华为了自己的大名的缘故，必不丢弃他的子民，因为他喜欢使你们作他的子民。

要知道，耶和华为他大名的缘故，必不会撇弃他的子民，因为耶和华愿意你们作他的子民。

耶和華既喜悅選你們作他的子民，就必因他的大名不撇棄你們。

耶和華必因他大名的緣故不撇棄他的子民，因為耶和華喜悅你們作他的子民。

耶和華必因他大名的緣故不撇棄他的子民，因為耶和華喜悅你們作他的子民。

耶和華不會丟棄祂的子民，使自己的大名受損，祂樂意使你們做祂的子民。

耶和華為了自己的大名的緣故，必不丟棄他的子民，因為他喜歡使你們作他的子民。

永恆主為了他至大之名的緣故、必不丟棄他的人民，因為永恆主喜歡使你們做屬他的子民。

要知道，耶和華為他大名的緣故，必不會撇棄他的子民，因為耶和華願意你們作他的子民。

耶和華既喜立爾為己民、必因其大名、不汝離棄、

耶和華既歡然、以爾為民、必不汝遐棄、以尊崇己名。

主既歡然選爾為己民、必因其大名不棄爾、

For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.

But the Lord will be true to his great name. He won’t turn his back on his people. That’s because he was pleased to make you his own people.

For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.

The LORD will not abandon his people, because of his great name and because he has determined to make you his own people.

For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

The Lord will not abandon His people, because of His great name and because He has determined to make you His own people.

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.

Even so, he saved them— to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.

I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.”

“ The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!Rather, it was simply that the Lord loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the Lord rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”

For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.

You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.

For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever.Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.

For the sake of your reputation, Lord, do not abandon us. Do not disgrace your own glorious throne. Please remember us, and do not break your covenant with us.

God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

“ I— yes, I alone— will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.

But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.

The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession.

Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!

But I didn’t do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be brought on my name among the surrounding nations who saw me reveal myself by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.

Why let the Egyptians say,‘ Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!

Then I will reject even the remnant of my own people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.

“ I have always loved you,” says the Lord. But you retort,“ Really? How have you loved us?” And the Lord replies,“ This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,

You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The Lord your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them. Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them.

“ And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished, and I will not share my glory with idols!

The people say,“ Our wickedness has caught up with us, Lord, but help us for the sake of your own reputation. We have turned away from you and sinned against you again and again.

Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?

Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,“ I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

“ When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the Lord, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.

But Moses objected.“ What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the Lord.“ They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, Lord, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,‘ The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’“ Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,‘ The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.’In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them.But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say,“ Our own power has triumphed! The Lord had nothing to do with this!”’

“ 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.”

‘ For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.’”

Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say,‘ These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’

In the words of the Scriptures,“ I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not!For God said to Moses,“ I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.”So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh,“ I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you and to spread my fame throughout the earth.”So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.

For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?

and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle.“ Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted.“ Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.