¹³ “Be careful^(A) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;^(B) do not let them be heard on your lips.^(C)

¹¹ She said, “Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger^(A) of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”

“As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “not one hair^(B) of your son’s head will fall to the ground.^(C)”

¹⁶ But to the wicked person, God says:

⁹ “‘Will you steal^(A) and murder,^(B) commit adultery^(C) and perjury,^[a](D) burn incense to Baal^(E) and follow other gods^(F) you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand^(G) before me in this house,^(H) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?^(I)

²⁶ But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:^(A) ‘I swear^(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign^(C) Lord lives.”^(D)