²⁵ “Thus says the Lord: ‘If ^(A)My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not ^(B)appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, ^26 (C)then I will ^(D)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”