Jeremiah 12:16 “And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by M…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King 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.

World English Bible

It will happen, 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 will be built up in the middle of my people.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if they will learne the wayes of my people, to sweare by my Name, (The Lord liueth, as they taught my people to sweare by Baal) then shall they be built in the middes of my people.

Darby Translation

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 — they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Young's Literal Translation

And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, 'Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

Bible in Basic English

And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.

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Cross references

“my name”

Jeremiah 4:2 Jeremiah 5:2 Isaiah 9:18–21 Isaiah 45:23 Isaiah 65:16 Romans 14:11

Jeremiah 4:2 · BSB

and 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.”

Jeremiah 5:2 · BSB

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

Isaiah 9:18–21 · BSB

For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

Isaiah 45:23 · BSB

By 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 65:16 · BSB

Whoever 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.

Romans 14:11 · BSB

It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

“as they”

Joshua 23:7 Zephaniah 1:5 Psalm 106:35 Psalm 106:36

Joshua 23:7 · BSB

So 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.

Zephaniah 1:5 · BSB

those 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,

Psalm 106:35 · BSB

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Psalm 106:36 · BSB

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

“built”

Zechariah 2:11 Ephesians 2:19–22 Isaiah 19:23–25 1 Corinthians 3:9 1 Peter 2:4–6 Romans 11:17

Zechariah 2:11 · BSB

“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.

Ephesians 2:19–22 · BSB

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

Isaiah 19:23–25 · BSB

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

1 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Peter 2:4–6 · BSB

As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

Romans 11:17 · BSB

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Also

Jeremiah 3:17 Isaiah 49:6

Jeremiah 3:17 · BSB

At that time they will call Jerusalem 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.

Isaiah 49:6 · BSB

He 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 ea…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

17But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

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