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Jeremiah 12:16

And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

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ASV

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֡הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
אִם־'im-<if>H518 →
לָמֹ֣דla.Modcertainly [if] <learn>H3925 →
יִלְמְדוּ֩yil.me.Duthey will learnH3925 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דַּֽרְכֵ֨יdar.Khei[the] ways ofH1870 →
עַמִּ֜י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַle.hi.sha.Ve.a'to swearH7650 →
בִּשְׁמִי֙bish.Miby name myH8034 →
חַי־chai-[by] [the] life ofH2416 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
לִמְּדוּ֙li.me.Duthey taughtH3925 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַle.hi.sha.Ve.a'to swearH7650 →
בַּבָּ֑עַלba.Ba.'alby <the> BaalH1168 →
וְנִבְנ֖וּve.niv.Nuand they will be builtH1129 →
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin amongH8432 →
עַמִּֽי׃'a.Mipeople myH5971 →

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Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.Jeremiah 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,Joshua 23:7So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.Zechariah 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.Jeremiah 3:17At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.Deuteronomy 10:20–21You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.Isaiah 9:18–21For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.Isaiah 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.Isaiah 56:5–6I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”Isaiah 65:16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.Ephesians 2:19–22Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,Psalms 106:35–36but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.Isaiah 19:18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.Ezekiel 16:53But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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