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Jeremiah 15:19

NETBible	Because of this, the Lord said,¹ “You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me.² If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman.³ They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Jer 15:19	Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 15:19	Therefore, thus says the LORD, "If you return, then I will restore you— Before Me you will stand; And if you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become My spokesman. They for their part may turn to you, But as for you, you must not turn to them.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 15:19	The LORD replied, "If you return to me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve me. If you speak words that are worthy, you will be my spokesman. You are to influence them; do not let them influence you!
MSG © biblegateway Jer 15:19	This is how GOD answered me: "Take back those words, and I'll take you back. Then you'll stand tall before me. Use words truly and well. Don't stoop to cheap whining. Then, but only then, you'll speak for me. Let your words change [them]. Don't change your words to suit them.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 15:19	For this cause the Lord has said, If you will come back, then I will again let you take your place before me; and if you give out what is of value and not that which has no value, you will be as my mouth: let them come back to you, but do not go back to them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 15:19	Therefore thus says the LORD: If you turn back, I will take you back, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall serve as my mouth. It is they who will turn to you, not you who will turn to them.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 15:19	Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them.
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KJV	Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, If thou return <07725> (8799)_, then will I bring thee again <07725> (8686)_, [and] thou shalt stand <05975> (8799) before <06440> me: and if thou take forth <03318> (8686) the precious <03368> from the vile <02151> (8802)_, thou shalt be as my mouth <06310>_: let them return <07725> (8799) unto thee; but return <07725> (8799) not thou unto them.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 15:19	Therefore <03651> , thus <03541> says <0559> the LORD <03068> , "If <0518> you return <07725> , then I will restore <07725> you-- Before <06440> Me you will stand <05975> ; And if <0518> you extract <03318> the precious <03368> from the worthless <02151> , You will become <01961> My spokesman <06310> . They for their part <01992> may turn <07725> to you, But as for you, you must not turn <07725> to them.
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NET [draft] ITL	Because <03651> of this, the Lord <03068> said <0559> , “You must repent <07725> of such words and thoughts! If <0518> you do, I will restore <07725> you to the privilege of serving <05975> <06440> me. If <0518> you say <03318> what is worthwhile <03368> instead of what is worthless <02151> , I will again allow you to be <01961> my spokesman <06310> . They <01992> must become <07725> as <0413> you have been. You <0859> must not <03808> become <07725> like <0413> them.
HEBREW	Mhyla <0413> bwst <07725> al <03808> htaw <0859> Kyla <0413> hmh <01992> wbsy <07725> hyht <01961> ypk <06310> llwzm <02151> rqy <03368> ayuwt <03318> Maw <0518> dmet <05975> ynpl <06440> Kbysaw <07725> bwst <07725> Ma <0518> hwhy <03068> rma <0559> hk <03541> Nkl (15:19) <03651>

NETBible

Because of this, the Lord said,¹ “You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me.² If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman.³ They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “So the Lord said thus.”

²tn Heb “If you return [ = repent], I will restore [more literally, ‘cause you to return’] that you may stand before me.” For the idiom of “standing before” in the sense of serving see BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד Qal.1.e and compare the usage in 1 Kgs 10:8; 12:8; 17:1; Deut 10:8.

³tn Heb “you shall be as my mouth.”

³sn For the classic statement of the prophet as God’s “mouth/mouthpiece,” = “spokesman,” see Exod 4:15-16; 7:1-2.

⁴tn Heb “They must turn/return to you and you must not turn/return to them.”

⁴sn Once again the root “return” (שׁוּב, shuv) is being played on as in 3:1–4:4. See the threefold call to repentance in 3:12, 14, 22. The verb is used here four times “repent,” “restore,” and “become” twice. He is to serve as a model of repentance, not an imitator of their apostasy. In accusing God of being unreliable he was coming dangerously close to their kind of behavior.