Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by Baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of my people. my name. Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him. Jeremiah 5:2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely. Deuteronomy 10:20,21 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name. . . . Songs 1:8 To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love. Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high. Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return: Isaiah 65:16 In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes. Romans 14:11 For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God. as they. Joshua 23:7 Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them: Psalm 106:35,36 And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: . . . Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom. built. Isaiah 19:23-25 In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian. . . . Isaiah 56:5,6 I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish. . . . Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee. Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them and art made partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree: 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God's coadjutors. You are God's husbandry: you are God's building. Ephesians 2:19-22 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God, . . . 1 Peter 2:4-6 Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God: . . . Context A Message for Israel's Neighbors…15And when I shall have plucked them out, I will return, and have mercy on them: and will bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and every man into his land. 16And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by Baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of my people.17But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.… Cross References Joshua 23:7 Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them: Ruth 3:13 Rest thou this night: and when morning is come, if he will take thee by the right of kindred, all is well: but if he will not, I will undoubtedly take thee, so the Lord liveth: sleep till the morning. Isaiah 42:6 I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles: Isaiah 49:6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth. Jeremiah 3:17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart. Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him. Jeremiah 5:7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot's house. Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: We will not walk. Jeremiah 16:19 O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them. Jeremiah 18:8 If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them. Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom. Zechariah 1:6 But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us. Lexicon Andוְהָיָ֡ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not they will diligently learn לָמֹ֣ד (lā·mōḏ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 3925: To exercise in, learn the ways דַּֽרְכֵ֨י (dar·ḵê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of My people— עַמִּ֜י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock to swear לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ (lə·hiš·šā·ḇê·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear by My name, בִּשְׁמִי֙ (biš·mî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name ‘As surely as the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH lives,’ חַי־ (ḥay-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they taught לִמְּדוּ֙ (lim·mə·ḏū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3925: To exercise in, learn My people עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock to swear לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ (lə·hiš·šā·ḇê·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear by Baal— בַּבָּ֑עַל (bab·bā·‘al) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1168: Baal -- a heathen god then they will be established וְנִבְנ֖וּ (wə·niḇ·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build among בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre My people. עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Additional Translations And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people—to swear by My name, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ just as they taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the middle of my people. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people. And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of my people, to swear by my name, saying, The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall that nation be built in the midst of my people. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people. and it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As the LORD liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people. And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, 'Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people. 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