my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off.'"
-Isaiah 41:9
"A planting of the LORD . . . for the display of His splendor." -Isaiah 61:3
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD. -Jeremiah 29:11
The Lord appeared to him from far away. " I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you." -Jeremiah 31:3