But the <sc>Lordsc> had mercy on them and felt pity for them.<n id="1" /> He extended his favor to them<n id="2" /> because of the promise he had made<n id="3" /> to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the <sc>Lordsc> gave<n id="2" /> the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.