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Jeremiah 12:16 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 12 · verse 16
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.Jeremiah 12:16 · King James Version
Jeremiah 12:16 in context
14Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16And 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.
17But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
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Key words (Strong's)
- diligentlylâmadproperly, to goadH3925 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- livethchayaliveH2416 →
- swearshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- midsttâveka bisectionH8432 →
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The prophets sometimes, in God's name, delivered messages both of judgment and mercy to the nations that bordered on the land of Israel: but here is a message to all those in general who had in their turns been one way or other injurious to God's people, had either oppressed them or triumphed in their being oppressed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-17