Deu 4:31, 2Ch 36:20, Isa 6:13, 10:20-22, 17:4-6, 24:13, 40:1-2, Eze 6:8 | ESV | STEP | For the Lord your God is a merciful God . He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

r[See ver. 3 above]

s ch. 10:16

t[ch. 24:1]

uSee 2 Sam. 5:18

v ch. 24:13

w ch. 17:6; [Mic. 7:1]

x ch. 51:12; [Luke 2:25]

y Hos. 2:14

z[2 Chr. 36:22; Jer. 25:12]

ab ch. 12:16; 14:22

ac ch. 7:16

Deuteronomy 4:31

31 For the Lord your God is ^aa merciful God. ^bHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

2 Chronicles 36:20

20 He ^ctook into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, ^dand they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia,

Isaiah 6:13

13 ^eAnd though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned ^{▼▼Or purged} again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump ^gremains
when it is felled.”
^hThe holy seed ^{▼▼Or offspring} is its stump.

Isaiah 10:20-22

The Remnant of Israel Will Return

20 ^jIn that day ^kthe remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more ^llean on him who struck them, but ^mwill lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, ⁿto the mighty God. 22 ^oFor though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, ^ponly a remnant of them will return. ^qDestruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Isaiah 17:4-6

4 And in that day ^rthe glory of Jacob will be brought low,
and ^sthe fat of his flesh will grow lean.
5 And it shall be ^tas when the reaper gathers standing grain
and his arm harvests the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
in ^uthe Valley of Rephaim.
6 ^vGleanings will be left in it,
as when an olive tree is beaten—
two or three berries
in the top of the highest bough,
four or five
on the branches of a fruit tree,

declares the Lord God of Israel.

Isaiah 24:13

13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
^was when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort for God’s People

1 ^xComfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 ^ySpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that ^zher warfare ^{▼▼Or hardship} is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.

Ezekiel 6:8

8 ^ab“Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations ^acsome who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,