Amos 6:8 “The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has decl…”

Amos 6:8

The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

World English Bible

“The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,” says the LORD, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

American Standard Version

The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord God hath sworne by himselfe, saith the Lord God of hostes, I abhorre the excellencie of Iaakob, and hate his palaces: therefore wil I deliuer vp the citie with all that is therein.

Darby Translation

The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.

Young's Literal Translation

Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

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Cross references

“sworn”

Jeremiah 51:14 Amos 4:2 Hebrews 6:13–17

Jeremiah 51:14 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

Amos 4:2 · BSB

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Hebrews 6:13–17 · BSB

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

“I abhor”

Psalm 106:40 Leviticus 26:11 Psalm 78:59 Zechariah 11:8

Psalm 106:40 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Leviticus 26:11 · BSB

And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

Psalm 78:59 · BSB

On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

“the excellency”

Amos 8:7 Psalm 47:4 Ezekiel 24:21

Amos 8:7 · BSB

The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Psalm 47:4 · BSB

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

Ezekiel 24:21 · BSB

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left beh…

“and hate”

Amos 3:11 Lamentations 2:5

Amos 3:11 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

Lamentations 2:5 · BSB

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

“therefore”

Micah 1:6–9

Micah 1:6–9 · BSB

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

“all that is therein”

Psalm 50:12

Psalm 50:12 · BSB

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

Also

Jeremiah 22:5 Leviticus 26:30 Deuteronomy 32:19 Genesis 22:16

Jeremiah 22:5 · BSB

But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

Leviticus 26:30 · BSB

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Deuteronomy 32:19 · BSB

When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Genesis 22:16 · BSB

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

9And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

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