Jeremiah Laments over Judah

“If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
(A)“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.
(B)And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
(C)In truth, in [a]judgment, and in righteousness;
(D)The nations shall bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they shall (E)glory.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:2 justice

If you return, O Israel,” declares[a] Yahweh,
    “you return to me.
And if you remove your abominations from my presence,[b]
    and you do not wander,
and you swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’[c]
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then nations will be blessed by him,
    and in him they will boast.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:1 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 4:1 Literally “faces”
  3. Jeremiah 4:2 Literally “life of Yahweh”