⁴⁴ Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break my covenant with them, since I am the Lord their God.^(A)

Pattern of Sin and Judgement

2 The angel of the Lord^(A) went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, ‘I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land^(B) I had promised to your ancestors.^(C) I also said: I will never break my covenant with you.