28 So tell them, ‘As surely as I live,(A) declares the Lord, I will do to you(B) the very thing I heard you say:

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28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

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28 Say to them, (A)‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:

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40 I lift my hand(A) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,(B)

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40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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40 For I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, “As I live forever,

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19 Gideon replied, “Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives,(A) if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.”

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19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

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19 Then he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

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13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(A) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(B) I will do it.(C) Lie here until morning.”

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13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.

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13 Stay this night, and in the morning it shall be that if he will (A)perform the duty of a close relative for you—good; let him do it. But if he does not want to perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, (B)as the Lord lives! Lie down until morning.”

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39 As surely as the Lord who rescues Israel lives,(A) even if the guilt lies with my son Jonathan,(B) he must die.”(C) But not one of them said a word.

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39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

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39 For (A)as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not a man among all the people answered him.

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Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.”

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And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

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So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”

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18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather(A) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(B)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear(C) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

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18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

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18 (A)Lift up your eyes, look around and see;
All these gather together and come to you.
As I live,” says the Lord,
“You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all (B)as an ornament,
And bind them on you as a bride does.

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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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.

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(A)And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
(B)In truth, in [a]judgment, and in righteousness;
(C)The nations shall bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they shall (D)glory.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:2 justice

11 Therefore as surely as I live,(A) declares the Sovereign(B) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(C) with all your vile images(D) and detestable practices,(E) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(F)

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11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

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11 ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have (A)defiled My sanctuary with all your (B)detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; (C)My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.

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