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19 “Then I said,

‘How I would set you among [a]My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most (A)beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, (B)“My Father,”
And not turn away from following Me.’

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  1. Jeremiah 3:19 Lit the

And you will (A)swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’
(B)In truth, in justice, and in righteousness;
Then the (C)nations will [a]be blessed in Him,
And (D)in Him they will boast.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:2 Or experience blessing repeatedly, bless themselves

15 And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will (A)return and have compassion on them; and I will (B)cause them to return, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. 16 Then if they will really (C)learn the ways of My people, to (D)swear by My name, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ even as they taught My people to (E)swear by Baal, they will be (F)built up in the midst of My people.

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19 O Yahweh, my (A)strength and my strong defense,
And my (B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (D)lies,
Futility and [a](E)things of no profit.”

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  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them