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If you return, O Israel,
            says the Lord,
    if you return to me,
if you remove your abominations from my presence
    and do not waver,(A)
and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!”
    in truth, in justice, and in uprightness,
then nations shall be blessed[a] by you,[b]
    and by you[c] they shall boast.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.2 Or shall bless themselves
  2. 4.2 Cn: Heb him
  3. 4.2 Cn: Heb him

“If you return, O Israel,
declares the Lord,
    (A)to me you should return.
If you remove your detestable things from my presence,
    (B)and do not waver,
(C)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then (D)nations shall bless themselves in him,
    (E)and in him shall they glory.”

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