Amos 8:7

The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

6That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?

8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?

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Cross References

Exodus 17:16Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord shall be against Amalec, from generation to generation.

1 Samuel 15:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: I how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt.

Psalms 47:5He hath chosen for us his inheritance the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.

Isaiah 22:14And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their 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 →

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