5:2 These people make promises in the name of the Lord. 1
But the fact is, 2 what they swear to is really a lie.” 3
45:23 I solemnly make this oath 4 –
what I say is true and reliable: 5
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 6
48:1 Listen to this, O family of Jacob, 7
you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’
and are descended from Judah, 8
who take oaths in the name of the Lord,
and invoke 9 the God of Israel –
but not in an honest and just manner. 10
48:2 Indeed, they live in the holy city; 11
they trust in 12 the God of Israel,
whose name is the Lord who commands armies.
65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth 13
will do so in the name of the faithful God; 14
whoever makes an oath in the earth
will do so in the name of the faithful God. 15
For past problems will be forgotten;
I will no longer think about them. 16