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v. 14. Thus saith the Lord against all Mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit, laying their hands upon the Land of Promise: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, causing them also to be led away into captivity, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them, restoring them once more to the land promised to their fathers.
v. 15. And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out, the heathen nations, I will return and have compassion on them, showing mercy also to these children of the Gentiles, giving evidence of the fact that He is the Savior of all men, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land, the return of the Lord's own people being assumed as a matter of course, preceding that of the heathen to their country.
v. 16. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, the true and only religion, to swear by My name, "The Lord liveth," this being one of the chief manifestations of religious life in those days, as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then shall they be built in the midst of My people, being added to the Church of the living God.
v. 17. But it they will not obey, if they refuse to heed God's message of salvation, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord; for sin is a reproach to any people and will be treated accordingly by the just God. The passage clearly has a Messianic trend, referring to that period of time when people from every nation would find their way into the Church of Christ.