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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”

“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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