TSK · 2 Kings 13:23

So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”

The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

The LORD will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.

But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.

The LORD saw Israel’s intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

So the LORD was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.

Finally the LORD rejected Israel just as he had warned he would do through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.

Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,

They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,