it will be right for you to swear by my name. Then all the nations will ask me to bless them, and they will praise me."

Even though you claim to worship the LORD, you do not mean what you say.

If with all their hearts they will accept the religion of my people and will swear, 'As the LORD lives'---as they once taught my people to swear by Baal---then they will also be a part of my people and will prosper.

Those who swear by the idols of Samaria, who say, 'By the god of Dan' or 'By the god of Beersheba'---those people will fall and not rise again."