1. If you return, Israel —this is the Lord’s declaration —you will return to Me, if you remove your detestable idols from My presenceand do not waver,
2. then you can swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him and will pride themselves in Him.
3. For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:Break up the unplowed ground; do not sow among the thorns.