¹⁶ and said, “^(A)By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

^26 [a]Nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have ^(A)sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘^(B)never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “^(C)As the Lord ^[b]God lives.”