Amos 8:7
LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 17:16And he said, LORD has sworn, LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
1 Samuel 15:2Thus says LORD of hosts, I have remembered that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way when he came up out of Egypt.
Psalms 10:11He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
Psalms 47:5God has gone up with a shout, LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Isaiah 22:14And LORD of hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, says the Lord, LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond. It is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars,
Matthew Henry on Amos 8:5-11
The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. ( b. c. 785.) 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget… Read the whole commentary →