¹² And ^(A)you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to ^(B)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

^16 (A)For people swear an oath by ^[a]one greater than themselves, and with them ^(B)an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute. ^17 [b]In the same way God, desiring even more to demonstrate to ^(C)the heirs of the promise ^[c](D)the fact that His purpose is unchangeable, ^[d]confirmed it with an oath,