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And (A)if they say, ‘As Yahweh lives,’
Then they swear to a lie.”

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Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(A)
    still they are swearing falsely.(B)

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26 [a]Nevertheless, hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have (A)sworn by My great name,’ says Yahweh, ‘(B)never shall My name be called upon again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “(C)As Lord Yahweh lives.”

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  1. Jeremiah 44:26 Lit Therefore

26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(A) ‘I swear(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(C) Lord lives.”(D)

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14 As for those who swear by the [a](A)guilt of Samaria,
Who say, ‘As your god lives, O (B)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of (C)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and (D)not rise again.”

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  1. Amos 8:14 Or Ashimah

14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria(A)
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’(B)
    or, ‘As surely as the god[a] of Beersheba(C) lives’—
    they will fall,(D) never to rise again.(E)

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  1. Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way