Jeremiah 12:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’— just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal— then they will be established among My people.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, ‘Jehovah liveth,’ As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

King James Bible
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

Hebrew
And
וְהָיָ֡ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they will diligently learn
לָמֹ֣ד (lā·mōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn

the ways
דַּֽרְכֵ֨י (dar·ḵê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of My people—
עַמִּ֜י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

to swear
לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ (lə·hiš·šā·ḇê·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

by My name,
בִּשְׁמִי֙ (biš·mî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

‘As surely as the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

lives,’
חַי־ (ḥay-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

just as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they taught
לִמְּדוּ֙ (lim·mə·ḏū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn

My people
עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

to swear
לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ (lə·hiš·šā·ḇê·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

by Baal—
בַּבָּ֑עַל (bab·bā·‘al)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

then they will be established
וְנִבְנ֖וּ (wə·niḇ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1129: To build

among
בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

My people.
עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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