7 by never going in among these nations,+ these that remain with YOU. And YOU must not mention the names of their gods+ nor swear by them,+ neither must YOU serve them nor bow down to them.+

16 “And it must occur that if they will without fail learn the ways of my people in swearing by my name,+ ‘As Jehovah is alive!’ just as they taught my people to swear by Baʹal,+ they will also be built up in the midst of my people.+

14 those who are swearing by the guiltiness of Sa·marʹi·a,+ and who actually say: “As your god is alive,* O Dan!”+ and, “As the way of Beʹer-sheʹba+ is alive!” And they will certainly fall, and they will rise up no more.’”+

5 and those who are bowing down upon the roofs to the army of the heavens,+ and those who are bowing down,+ making sworn oaths to Jehovah+ and making sworn oaths by Malʹcam;*+