16 and said, “(A)By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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16 and said, “I swear by myself,(A) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(B)

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23 (A)I have sworn by Myself;
The (B)word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me (C)every knee will bow, every tongue will (D)swear allegiance.

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23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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26 [a]In return, hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have (A)sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that My name shall (B)never be invoked again by the mouth of anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “(C)As the Lord [b]God lives.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:26 Lit Therefore
  2. Jeremiah 44:26 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(A) ‘I swear(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(C) Lord lives.”(D)

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The Lord [a]God has (A)sworn by Himself, the Lord God of armies has declared:
“I (B)loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And [b]detest his (C)citadels;
Therefore I will (D)give up the city and [c]all it contains.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Amos 6:8 Lit hate
  3. Amos 6:8 Lit its fullness

The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(A)—the Lord God Almighty declares:

“I abhor(B) the pride of Jacob(C)
    and detest his fortresses;(D)
I will deliver up(E) the city
    and everything in it.(F)

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