15 But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land. 16 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. 17 But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 12:15–17
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