1  “If you ^yreturn, O Israel,

declares the Lord,

to me you should return.

If you remove your detestable things from my presence,

and do not waver,

2  and if you ^zswear, ‘As the Lord lives,’

in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,

then nations shall ^abless themselves in him,

and in him shall they ^bglory.”

^c“Break up your fallow ground,

and sow not among thorns.

4  Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;

^dremove the foreskin of your hearts,

O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;

^elest my wrath go forth like fire,

and burn with none to quench it,

because of the evil of your deeds.”