Amos 8:7

7 The LORD has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done.

Amos 8:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Now the LORD has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel : “I will never forget the wicked things you have done!
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 God swears against the arrogance of Jacob: "I'm keeping track of their every last sin."
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 The LORD has sworn an oath by Jacob's pride: "I will never forget anything that they have done."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 People of Jacob, you are proud that the LORD is your God. But he has taken an oath in his own name. He says, "I will never forget anything Israel has done.

Amos 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 8:7

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob
Not by the ark, as R. Japhet; nor by the temple, as Kimchi; but by himself; which sense Kimchi also mentions, and Aben Ezra; the God of Jacob and his glory, the most excellent of all Jacob's enjoyments, and of whom he had reason to boast and glory; see ( Amos 6:8 ) ; surely I will never forget any of their works;
their wicked works, especially those now mentioned; God forgets when he forgives them, or suffers them to go unpunished; but though he had done so long, he would do so no more; on which they might depend, since he had not only said it, but swore to it.

Amos 8:7 In-Context

5 saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,
6 buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.
7 The LORD has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done.
8 “Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.
9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.

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