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Forq the Lord will not cast off for ever:

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Psa. 94:14• ¹⁴For Jehovah will not cast off his people,{HR}Nor will he forsake his inheritance. (Psa. 94:14)

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1 Sam. 12:22• ²²For Jehovah will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; {i}because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.{/i} (1 Sam. 12:22)

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Psa. 77:7• ⁷Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more? (Psa. 77:7)

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Psa. 94:14• ¹⁴For Jehovah will not cast off his people,{HR}Nor will he forsake his inheritance. (Psa. 94:14)

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Psa. 103:8‑10• ⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
⁹Not always will he chide, nor retain [anger] forever.
¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins,{HR}Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. (Psa. 103:8‑10)

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Isa. 54:7‑10• ⁷For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
⁸In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
⁹For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me; since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
¹⁰For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee. (Isa. 54:7‑10)

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Isa. 57:16• ¹⁶For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made. (Isa. 57:16)

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Jer. 31:37• ³⁷Thus saith Jehovah; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:37)

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Jer. 32:40• ⁴⁰and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jer. 32:40)

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Jer. 33:24• ²⁴Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (Jer. 33:24)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸{i}Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.{/i} (Mic. 7:18)

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Rom. 11:1‑6• ¹I say then, Did God thrust away his people? Let it not be; for I also am an Israelite, of Abraham's seed, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.
²God had not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. What, know ye not what the scripture saith in Elias's [case]; how he pleadeth with God against Israel?
³“Lord, thy prophets they slew, thy altars they digged down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life.”
⁴But what saith the divine answer to him? “I left for myself seven thousand men which never bowed knee to Baal.”
⁵So then in the present time also there hath been a remnant according to election of grace;
⁶and if by grace, no longer by works, since [otherwise] grace becometh no longer grace. (Rom. 11:1‑6)

• Hope is thus confirmed, without which indeed there is no power of endurance any more than of comfort. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 3:22-42” by W. Kelly)

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For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

W. Kelly Translation

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For Jehovah will not cast off forever: