Deuteronomy 32:40
I hold up my hand to heaven and solemnly declare on my eternal life,
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For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
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Exodus 6:8I will take you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you to own. I am the Lord!’”
Numbers 14:28Go and tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, I'll do just what I heard you say you wanted, believe me!
Jeremiah 4:2and if when you make your vows, you do so only to me, sincerely, truly, and honestly, then the nations will be blessed by me, and they will praise me.
Hebrews 6:17That's why God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to those who would inherit the promise that he would never ever change his mind.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:40-44
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the… Read the whole commentary →