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.