Deuteronomy 7:6-7

6“For ayou are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be ba people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

Judges 10:16

16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and che became impatient over the misery of Israel.

2 Kings 13:23

23 dBut the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, eand he turned toward them, fbecause of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.

Nehemiah 9:18-19

18Even gwhen they had made for themselves a golden
Hebrew metal
calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ iand had committed great blasphemies,
19you jin your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. kThe pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, lnor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go.

Nehemiah 9:31

31Nevertheless, min your great mercies nyou did not make an end of them or forsake them, ofor you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalms 106:43-46

43 pMany times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their qpurposes
and were rbrought low through their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
when he sheard their cry.
45For their sake he tremembered his covenant,
and urelented according to vthe abundance of his steadfast love.
46He caused them to be wpitied
by all those who held them captive.

Hosea 11:8

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
xHow can I make you ylike Admah?
How can I treat you zlike Zeboiim?
aaMy heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
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