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)

¹⁷ But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy^(A) it,” declares the Lord.