Jeremiah 4:2

You must be truthful, just, and righteous when you swear, 'As Yahweh lives.' 1 Then the nations will bless themselves in him, and in him they will glory.” 1

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

In Context

1“If you return, Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration—then it should be to me that you return. 1 If you remove your detestable things from before me and do not wander from me again, 1

3For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 1 'Plow your own ground, 1 and do not sow among thorns.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:13You will honor Yahweh your God; him you will worship, and you will swear by his name.

1 Samuel 20:3Yet David vowed again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes. He has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But as truly as Yahweh lives, and as you live, there is but a step between me and death.”

Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; 1 may his name continue as long as the sun; 1 may people be blessed in him; 1 may all nations call him blessed. 1

Isaiah 45:23By myself I swear, 1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: 1 'To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. 1

Isaiah 48:1Hear this, house of Jacob, 1 who are called by the name Israel, and have come from the sperm of Judah; 1 you who swear by the name of Yahweh and invoke the God of Israel, 1 but not sincerely nor in a righteous manner. 1

Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, 'As Yahweh lives,' yet they are swearing falsely.” 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:2-3

Exhortation to Repentance. ( b. c. 620.) 1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord , return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. When God called to backsliding Israel to return ( ch. iii. 22 ) they immediately answered, Lord, we return; now God here takes notice of their answer, and, by… Read the whole commentary →

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