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will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, &#8220Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh has sworn by the lofty pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn [an oath] by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I shall never forget [nor leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I, the LORD, won't forget any of this, though you take great pride in your ancestor Jacob. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn an oath by Jacob's pride: "I will never forget anything that they have done."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD, the God of Israel, has sworn, "I will never forget their evil deeds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget anything they have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn by the excellence of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH has sworn by the excellence of Jacob: “I do not forget any of their works forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: 'I forget not for ever any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah sware by the pride of Jacob, If I will forget forever all their works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Lord has sworn by the arrogance of Jacob: I will not forget, even to the end, all their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Never will I forget a thing they have done! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD, the Mighty One of Jacob, has sworn, Surely, I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH, The Mighty One of Yaqob, has sworn: "I shall not forget all their works for eternity!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/8-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=1393" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/8.htm">The Basket of Ripe Fruit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: niš·ba‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">has sworn</a> <a href="/hebrew/1347.htm" title="1347: biḡ·’ō·wn (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Arrogance, majesty, ornament. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">by the Pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob:</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">“I will never</a> <a href="/hebrew/5331.htm" title="5331: lā·ne·ṣaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: ’eš·kaḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">forget</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">of their deeds.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Zechariah 5:3-4</a></span><br />Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. / I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a></span><br />By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-26.htm">Jeremiah 44:26</a></span><br />Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-35.htm">Psalm 89:35</a></span><br />Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-40.htm">Deuteronomy 32:40-41</a></span><br />For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, / when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Isaiah 62:8</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15-16</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— / because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-28.htm">Numbers 14:28-30</a></span><br />So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. / Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. / Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35-36</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13-14</a></span><br />When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, / saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-11.htm">Romans 14:11</a></span><br />It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-4.htm">James 5:4</a></span><br />Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.</p><p class="hdg">sworn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Amos 6:8</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-26.htm">Deuteronomy 33:26-29</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> none like unto the God of Jeshurun, <i>who</i> rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/47-4.htm">Psalm 47:4</a></b></br> He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.</p><p class="hdg">I will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-16.htm">Exodus 17:16</a></b></br> For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn <i>that</i> the LORD <i>will have</i> war with Amalek from generation to generation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-2.htm">1 Samuel 15:2,3</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember <i>that</i> which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid <i>wait</i> for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11</a></b></br> He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see <i>it</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/12-2.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Excellence</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Excellency</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/amos/6-10.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/amos/7-5.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/amos/7-6.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/amos/4-2.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/nahum/2-2.htm">Excellence</a> <a href="/micah/5-4.htm">Excellency</a> <a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/micah/1-15.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/amos/8-8.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/micah/7-20.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/micah/7-20.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-1.htm">By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Oppression is reproved.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/8-11.htm">A famine of the word of God threatened.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:</b><br>This phrase indicates a solemn oath taken by God, emphasizing the seriousness of the message. The "Pride of Jacob" can be understood as a reference to God Himself, as He is the true glory and pride of Israel. In biblical context, oaths were binding and sacred, often invoking something of great significance. The use of "Jacob" refers to the patriarch whose descendants became the nation of Israel, highlighting the covenant relationship between God and His people. This phrase underscores God's authority and the certainty of His declarations.<p><b>I will never forget any of their deeds.</b><br>This statement is a declaration of divine judgment. The context of Amos is a time of social injustice and religious hypocrisy in Israel. God, through Amos, is addressing the sins of the Israelites, particularly their exploitation of the poor and corruption. The phrase "never forget" implies that God is fully aware of their actions and that there will be consequences. This reflects the biblical principle that God is just and holds people accountable for their actions. It also connects to other scriptures where God remembers both the righteous and the wicked (e.g., <a href="/psalms/9-12.htm">Psalm 9:12</a>, <a href="/hebrews/6-10.htm">Hebrews 6:10</a>). The certainty of divine memory serves as a warning and a call to repentance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is just and righteous, and who holds His people accountable for their actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and moral decay.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_pride_of_jacob.htm">The Pride of Jacob</a></b><br>A term that can refer to God Himself, emphasizing His majesty and the honor due to Him, or it can refer to the land or people of Israel, highlighting their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel (Northern Kingdom)</a></b><br>The primary audience of Amos's prophecies, characterized by social injustice, idolatry, and complacency during the reign of Jeroboam II.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution that Amos warns will come upon Israel due to their persistent sin and failure to uphold God's standards.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience_and_justice.htm">God's Omniscience and Justice</a></b><br>God is fully aware of all actions, both good and evil. His justice ensures that sin does not go unnoticed or unpunished.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has consequences, and God’s remembrance of deeds serves as a warning to live righteously and repent from wrongdoing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_responsibility.htm">Covenant Responsibility</a></b><br>As God's people, Israel had a responsibility to uphold His laws. Believers today are called to live in a way that honors their relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God's warnings through prophets like Amos are opportunities for repentance and restoration. We should heed such warnings in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_god's_word.htm">The Assurance of God's Word</a></b><br>When God swears by Himself, it underscores the certainty and seriousness of His declarations. We can trust in the reliability of His promises and warnings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_swear_by_himself.htm">If God is omnipotent, why does He need to swear by Himself to carry out judgment (Amos 6:8)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_judah's_judgment_unique.htm">(Amos 2:4-5) Why does God's judgment on Judah differ from judgments described in other prophetic books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_prompted_god's_judgment_on_edom.htm">What prompted God's judgment on Edom?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Excellency of Jacob.--</span>In the previous use of this remarkable expression (<a href="/amos/6-8.htm" title="The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, said 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.">Amos 6:8</a>) Jehovah is said to abhor it, but here He swears by it. The "excellency" which He abhorred was the miserable substitute which they had made for His great Name. Here He gives it the value which, in itself, it ought to possess.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - Such crimes as these, which sap the very foundations of social life, shall meet with vengeance. <span class="cmt_word">The Excellency of Jacob.</span> This is a title of God himself, as in <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Hosea 5:5</a>; <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Hosea 7:10</a>, where it is rendered "pride." Thus the Lord is said to swear by his holiness (<a href="/amos/4-2.htm">Amos 4:2</a>), by his soul (<a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Amos 6:8</a>; comp. <a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm">1 Samuel 15:29</a>). So here he swears by himself, who is the Glory and Pride of Israel; as truly as he is this, he will punish. The Vulgate treats the sentence differently, <span class="accented">Juravit in superbium</span> <span class="accented">Jacob, i.e.</span> "The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob," against the arrogancy with which they treat the poor, and trust in their riches, and deem themselves scours. So the Septuagint, <span class="greek">Ὀμνύει Κύριος κατὰ τῆς ὑπερηφανίας</span> <span class="greek">Ἰακώβ</span> <span class="cmt_word">I will never forget,</span> so as to leave unpunished. Literally, <span class="accented">if I forget</span>, equivalent to a most decided denial, as <a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8, 5</a>, etc. "Nec mirum est, si Deus jurare dicatur; quum dormientibus dormiat et vigilantibus vigilet; hisque qui sibi thesaurizaverunt iram in die irae dicatur irasci " (St. Jerome). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/8-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has sworn</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁבַּ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(niš·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seven oneself, swear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the Pride</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְא֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1347.htm">Strong's 1347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jacob:</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“I will never</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forget</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(’eš·kaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their deeds.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/8-7.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 8:7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride (Amo. 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