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13 Be attentive to all that I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.

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13 “Be careful(A) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(B) do not let them be heard on your lips.(C)

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so that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow yourselves down to them,(A)

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Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(B) to them.

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16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.(A)

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16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save(A) both yourself and your hearers.

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Idolatry Cut Off

On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more, and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.(A)

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“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(A) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(B) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(C) and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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“But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children(A)

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Only be careful,(A) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach(B) them to your children(C) and to their children after them.

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17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.(A)

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17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(A)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(B)

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Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;[a]
    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
    or take their names upon my lips.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

Those who run after other gods(A) will suffer(B) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names(C) on my lips.

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Break down their altars, smash their pillars, burn their sacred poles[a] with fire, and cut down the idols of their gods, and thus blot out their name from their places.(A)

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  1. 12.3 Or Asherahs

Break down their altars, smash(A) their sacred stones and burn(B) their Asherah(C) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(D) from those places.

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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)

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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(A) and that no bitter root(B) grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

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15 Be careful, then, how you live,[a] not as unwise people but as wise,

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  1. 5.15 Gk walk

15 Be very careful, then, how you live(A)—not as unwise but as wise,

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11 Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.[a](A)

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  1. 10.11 This verse is in Aramaic

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.

11 Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

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11 So be very careful(A) to love the Lord(B) your God.

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Take good care to observe the commandment and instruction that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”(A)

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But be very careful to keep the commandment(A) and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord(B) your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands,(C) to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.(D)

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