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Jeremiah 12:16

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16“Then if they will really alearn the ways of My people, to bswear by My name, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ even as they taught My people to cswear by Baal, they will be dbuilt up in the midst of My people.

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Cross references

  1. aIs 42:6; 49:6
  2. bJer 4:2; Zeph 1:5
  3. cJosh 23:7; Jer 5:7
  4. dJer 3:17; 4:2; 16:19

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If they will diligently learn the ways of my people—to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they taught my people to swear by Baal—they will be built up among my people.

NLTNew Living Translation

And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’ (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And then, if they diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘as Yahweh lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will live in the midst of my people.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.