then you can swear, “As the Lord lives,”(A)
in truth,(B) in justice, and in righteousness,(C)
then the nations will be blessed[a] by Him(D)
and will pride themselves in Him.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:2 Or will bless themselves

and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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