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.”
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.
Note that…: Heb. the fulness thereof
“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.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- sworn
- Amos 4:2; Jeremiah 51:14; Hebrews 6:13–17
- I abhor
- Leviticus 26:11; Psalm 78:59; Psalm 106:40; Zechariah 11:8
- the excellency
- Amos 8:7; Psalm 47:4; Ezekiel 24:21
- and hate
- Amos 3:11; Lamentations 2:5
- therefore
- Micah 1:6–9
- all that is therein
- Heb. the fulness thereof.
- Psalm 50:12