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.

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.

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 that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.

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.

But he saved them for the honor of his name. He did it to make his mighty power known.

I will live among my people Israel. I will not desert them.”

The Lord chose you because he loved you very much. He didn’t choose you because you had more people than other nations. In fact, you had the smallest number of all.The Lord chose you because he loved you. He wanted to keep the promise he had made to your people of long ago. That’s why he used his mighty hand to bring you out of Egypt. He bought you back from the land where you were slaves. He set you free from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

God began a good work in you. And I am sure that he will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns.

The Canaanites will hear about it. So will everyone else in the country. They will surround us. They’ll erase any mention of our name from the face of the earth. Then what will you do when people don’t honor your great name anymore?”

God does not take back his gifts. He does not change his mind about those he has chosen.

You are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. He has chosen you to be his special treasure. He chose you out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

The Lord doesn’t turn his back on people forever.He might bring suffering. But he will also show loving concern. How great his faithful love is!

For the honor of your name, don’t turn your back on us. Don’t bring shame on your glorious throne in the temple. Remember the covenant you made with us. Please don’t break it.

We were the first to put our hope in Christ. We were chosen to bring praise to his glory.

But God chose you to be his people. You are royal priests. You are a holy nation. You are God’s special treasure. You are all these things so that you can give him praise. God brought you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

“ I am the one who wipes out your lawless acts. I do it because of who I am. I will not remember your sins anymore.

But I wanted my name to be honored. I kept it from being treated as if it were not holy. I did not want that to happen in front of the nations. They had seen me bring Israel out of Egypt.

The Lord won’t say no to his people. He will never desert those who belong to him.

Yes, Father. This is what you wanted to do.

I wanted my name to be honored. So I brought my people out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being treated as if it were not holy. I didn’t want this to happen in front of the nations around my people. I had made myself known to Israel in the sight of those nations.

Why should the Egyptians say,‘ He brought them out to hurt them. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn away from your great anger. Please take pity on your people. Don’t destroy them!

I will desert those who remain among my people. I will hand them over to their enemies. All their enemies will rob them.

“ Israel, I have loved you,” says the Lord.“ But you ask,‘ How have you loved us?’“ Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the Lord.“ But I chose Jacob

You did not choose me. Instead, I chose you. I appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit that will last. I also appointed you so that the Father will give you what you ask for. He will give you whatever you ask for in my name.

You are not going in to take over their land because you have done what is right or honest. It’s because those nations are so evil. That’s why the Lord your God will drive them out to make room for you. He will do what he said he would do. He made a promise to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Israel is blind. So I will lead them along paths they had not known before. I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with. I will turn the darkness into light as they travel. I will make the rough places smooth. Those are the things I will do. I will not desert my people.

“ My son Solomon, always remember the God of your father. Serve him with all your heart. Do it with a mind that wants to obey him. The Lord looks deep down inside every heart. He understands every desire and every thought. If you look to him, you will find him. But if you desert him, he will turn his back on you forever.

I tried to purify you for my own honor. I did it for the honor of my name. How can I let myself be dishonored? I will not give up my glory to any other god.

Lord, our sins are a witness against us. But do something for the honor of your name. We have often turned away from you. We’ve sinned against you.

Why do you always forget us? Why have you deserted us for so long?

Now obey me completely. Keep my covenant. If you do, then out of all the nations you will be my special treasure. The whole earth is mine.But you will be a kingdom of priests to serve me. You will be my holy nation.’ That is what you must tell the Israelites.”

All those things bring praise to his glorious grace. God freely gave us his grace because of the One he loves.

Don’t be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said,“ I will never leave you. I will never desert you.”( Deuteronomy 31:6)

“ Those who are poor and needy search for water. But there isn’t any. Their tongues are dry because they are thirsty. But I will help them. I am the Lord. I will not desert them. I am Israel’s God.

Moses said to the Lord,“ Then the Egyptians will hear about it. You used your power to bring these people up from among them.And the Egyptians will tell the people who live in Canaan about it. Lord, they have already heard a lot about you. They’ve heard that you are with these people. They’ve heard that you have been seen face to face. They’ve been told that your cloud stays over them. They’ve heard that you go in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day. They’ve been told that you go in front of them in a pillar of fire at night.Suppose you put all these people to death and leave none alive. Then the nations who have heard these things about you will talk. They’ll say,‘ The Lord promised to give these people the land of Canaan. But he wasn’t able to bring them into it. So he killed them in the desert.’“ Now, Lord, show your strength. You have said,‘ I am the Lord. I am slow to get angry. I am full of love. I forgive those who sin. I forgive those who refuse to obey. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sin of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.’Lord, your love is great. So forgive the sin of these people. Forgive them just as you have done from the time they left Egypt until now.”

I said I would scatter them. I said I would erase their name from human memory.But I was afraid their enemies would make fun of that. I was afraid their attackers would not understand. I was sure they would say,‘ We’re the ones who’ve beaten them! The Lord isn’t the one who did it.’ ”

“ Haven’t you noticed what these people are saying? They say,‘ The Lord once chose the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. But now he has turned his back on them.’ So they hate my people. They do not think of them as a nation anymore.I say,‘ What if I had not made my covenant with day and night? What if I had not established the laws of heaven and earth?Only then would I turn my back on the children of Jacob and my servant David. Only then would I not choose one of David’s sons to rule over the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will bless my people with great success again. I will love them with tender love.’ ”

‘ I will guard this city and save it. I will do it for myself. And I will do it for my servant David.’ ”

In that day I will become angry with them. I will desert them. I will turn my face away from them. And they will be destroyed. Many horrible troubles and hard times will come on them. On that day they will say,‘ Trouble has come on us. Our God isn’t with us!’

It is written,“ I chose Jacob instead of Esau.”( Malachi 1:2, 3)What should we say then? Is God unfair? Not at all!He said to Moses,“ I will have mercy on whom I have mercy. I will show love to those I love.”( Exodus 33:19)So it doesn’t depend on what people want or what they do. It depends on God’s mercy.In Scripture, God says to Pharaoh,“ I had a special reason for making you king. I decided to use you to show my power. I wanted my name to become known everywhere on earth.”( Exodus 9:16)So God does what he wants to do. He shows mercy to one person and makes another stubborn.

Who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you brag as though you did not?

Azariah went out to meet Asa. He said to him,“ Asa and all you people of Judah and Benjamin, listen to me. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you really look for him, you will find him. But if you desert him, he will desert you.