Jeremiah 12:14-17

New Century Version

¹⁴ This is what the Lord said to me: “Here is what I will do to all my wicked neighbors who take the land I gave my people Israel. I will pull them up and throw them out of their land. And I will pull up the people of Judah from among them. ¹⁵ But after I pull them up, I will feel sorry for them again. I will bring each person back to his own property and to his own land. ¹⁶ I want them to learn their lessons well. In the past they taught my people to swear by Baal’s name. But if they will now learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives . . . ’ I will allow them to rebuild among my people. ¹⁷ But if a nation will not listen to my message, I will pull it up completely and destroy it,” says the Lord.