²³ And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁴ “Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The ^(A)two families which the Lord chose, He has ^(B)rejected them’? Thus they ^(C)despise My people, no longer are they as a nation ^[a]in their sight. ²⁵ Thus says the Lord, ‘If My ^(D)covenant for day and night stand not, and the ^[b]fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have ^(E)not established, ²⁶ then I would ^(F)reject the ^[c]descendants of Jacob and David My servant, ^[d]not taking from his ^[e]descendants ^(G)rulers over the ^[f]descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will ^(H)restore their ^[g]fortunes and will have ^(I)mercy on them.’”