Amos 8:7
The Lord God, of whom the descendants of Jacob are so proud, has sworn an oath: I will never forget the evil you have done.
Free Bible 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
6You buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals, and you sell grain mixed with chaff.
Cross References
Exodus 17:16“Hold up the victory banner of the Lord!” Moses declared. “The Lord will go on fighting the Amalekites for all generations!”
1 Samuel 15:2This is what the Lord Almighty says: I observed what the Amalekites did to Israel when they ambushed them on their way from Egypt.
Psalms 10:11They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
Psalms 47:5God ascends his throne with a great shout, the Lord is accompanied by the sound of the trumpet.
Isaiah 22:14The Lord Almighty has made this clear to me: “I will not forgive this sin till your dying day, says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.”
Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus, engraved with an adamant point, on their minds and on corners of their altars where they worship.
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 →