1. The Lord declares,“If you come back, Israel,if you come back to me,if you take your disgusting idols out of my sightand you don’t wander away from me,
2. if you take the oath, “As the Lord lives. . .”in an honest, fair, and right way,then the nations will be blessed,and they will be honored by me.”
3. This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:Plow your unplowed fields,and don’t plant among thorns.