2 Even if they say: “As surely as Jehovah is alive!”

They would still swear to what is false.+

39 “As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: ‘Each of you go and serve his disgusting idols.+ But afterward if you do not listen to me, you will no longer be able to profane my holy name by your sacrifices and your disgusting idols.’+