Amos 6:8

WEB

⁸“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.

KJV

⁸The 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.

BSB

⁸The 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.”

FBV

⁸The Lord God has sworn an oath on his own life. This is what the Lord God of power declares: I detest Jacob's arrogance and I hate his fortresses; I will hand over this city and all in it to the enemy.

Extra References

Jeremiah 51:14

¹⁴The LORD of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, ‘Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, and they will lift up a shout against you.’

Amos 4:2

²The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.

Psalms 47:4

⁴He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Jeremiah 22:5

⁵But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

Amos 8:7

⁷The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Amos 3:11

¹¹Therefore the Lord GOD says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”

Psalms 106:40

⁴⁰Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

Deuteronomy 32:19

¹⁹The LORD saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

Leviticus 26:11

¹¹I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you.

Lamentations 2:5

⁵The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.