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.
44. But even then, when they are still in the land of their enemies, I will not completely abandon or destroy them. That would put an end to my covenant with them, and I am the Lord their God.
45. I will renew the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I showed all the nations my power by bringing my people out of Egypt, in order that I, the Lord, might be their God.”
46. All these are the laws and commands that the Lord gave to Moses on Mount Sinai for the people of Israel.