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16 And if they truly learn my people’s custom of swearing by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.(A)

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16 And if they learn(A) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(B)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(C)—then they will be established among my people.(D)

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20 The Lord, your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve; to him hold fast and by his name shall you swear.(A)

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20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him.(A) Hold fast(B) to him and take your oaths in his name.(C)

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16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
    shall bless by the God of truth;[a]
Whoever takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by the God of truth;
For the hardships of the past shall be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. 65:16 God of truth: lit., “God of Amen,” i.e., the one who keeps his word.

16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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