40. “But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,
41. and made me turn against them and send them into exile in the land of their enemies. At last, when your descendants are humbled and they have paid the penalty for their sin and rebellion,
42. I will remember my covenant with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will renew my promise to give my people the land.
43. First, however, the land must be rid of its people, so that it can enjoy its complete rest, and they must pay the full penalty for having rejected my laws and my commands.