20 (A)You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and (B)hold fast to him, and (C)by his name you shall swear.

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20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him.(A) Hold fast(B) to him and take your oaths in his name.(C)

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12 Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and (A)give me a sure sign

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12 “Now then, please swear to me(A) by the Lord that you will show kindness(B) to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign(C)

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11 But (A)the king shall rejoice in God;
    all who (B)swear by him shall exult,
    (C)for the mouths of (D)liars will be stopped.

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11 But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,(A)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.(B)

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23 (A)By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone out in (B)righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
(C)‘To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear allegiance.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:23 Septuagint every tongue shall confess to God

23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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16 so that he who (A)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by (B)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by (C)the God of truth;
(D)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

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16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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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.

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

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