Jer 12:16 | TNotes | STEP | 12:16 To experience God’s compassion (12:15 ), the people of other nations needed to convert from idolatry and learn the ways of God’s people . This conversion would require a public submission to the terms of the Sinai covenant that included the words, as surely as the Lord lives . In addition, they would need to reject any oaths made in the name of Baal , by which they had persuaded Israelites to worship foreign idols.

‏ Jeremiah 12:16

12:16 ^a To experience God’s compassion (12:15 ^b), the people of other nations needed to convert from idolatry and learn the ways of God’s people. This conversion would require a public submission to the terms of the Sinai covenant that included the words, as surely as the Lord lives. In addition, they would need to reject any oaths made in the name of Baal, by which they had persuaded Israelites to worship foreign idols.