¹⁶ And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, ^(A)to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, ^(B)then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

The Lord Will Restore Israel

^14 (A)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, ^(B)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’

¹⁵ but ^(A)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel ^(B)out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For ^(C)I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers.

^7 (A)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’