Jeremiah 12:16

Bible › 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.And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

In other translations

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.And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

Hebrew words

וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961אִם־'im-<if>H518לָמֹדlamodcertainly [if] <learn>H3925יִלְמְדוּyilmeduthey will learnH3925אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853דַּרְכֵיdarkhei[the] ways ofH1870עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971לְהִשָּׁבֵעַlehishavea'to swearH7650בִּשְׁמִיbishmiby name myH8034חַי־chai-[by] [the] life ofH2416יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834לִמְּדוּlimeduthey taughtH3925אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971לְהִשָּׁבֵעַlehishavea'to swearH7650בַּבָּעַלbaba'alby <the> BaalH1168וְנִבְנוּvenivnuand they will be builtH1129בְּתוֹךְbetokhin amongH8432עַמִּי׃'amipeople myH5971

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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