Deuteronomy 9:28-29

New International Version - UK

²⁸ Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, “Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.” ²⁹ But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.’