¹⁹ He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

¹⁶ Then if they will really ^(A)learn the ways of My people, to ^(B)swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught My people to ^(C)swear by Baal, they will be ^(D)built up in the midst of My people.