Jeremiah 12:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

My name

As they

Joshua 23:7

Psalm 106:35

Zephaniah 1:5

Built

1 Peter 2:4

Bible References

My name

and you shall swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

Though they say, 'As the LORD lives;' surely they swear falsely."

You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear to God.

so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"

As they

that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,

Built

In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree;

For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.