Amos 8:7

The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.

World English Bible

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 buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’”

8Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:16He said, “The LORD has sworn: ‘The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

1 Samuel 15:2The LORD of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on 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, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Isaiah 22:14The LORD of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.

Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on 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 →

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