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.

^17 (A)But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord.”