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A Message for Israel’s Neighbors

14 Now this is what the Lord says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them. 15 But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession. 16 And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’ (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people. 17 But any nation who refuses to obey me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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14 Thus says Yahweh concerning all of the evil neighbors who touch the inheritance that I gave as an inheritance to my people Israel: “Look, I am about to drive them out from their land, and the house of Judah I will drive out from among them. 15 And then[a] after my driving them out, I will once again have compassion on them, and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land. 16 And then,[b] if they diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘as Yahweh lives,’[c] even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will live in the midst of my people. 17 But if they do not listen, then I will completely uproot and destroy that nation.”[d] declares[e] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:15 Literally “And it will happen”
  2. Jeremiah 12:16 Literally “And it will happen”
  3. Jeremiah 12:16 Literally “the life of Yahweh”
  4. Jeremiah 12:17 Literally “I will drive out the nation that driving out and destroying”
  5. Jeremiah 12:17 Literally “declaration of”