Soberano ha jurado por su propio nombre y esto es lo que dice el Señor<br /> de los Ejércitos Celestiales:<br />«Desprecio la arrogancia de Israel<br />y odio sus fortalezas.<br />Entregaré esta ciudad<br />a sus enemigos junto con tod... Read verse in Nueva Traducción Viviente">
The Lord God hath sworn by himself
Because he could swear by no greater, ( Hebrews 6:13 ) ; which shows the importance and certainty of the thing sworn to, and is as follows: saith the Lord, the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob;
or, "the pride of Jacob" F3; of Israel, of the ten tribes, remarkable for their pride; hence called the crown of pride, ( Isaiah 28:3 ) ; it may include all that was glorious, valuable, and excellent among them, of which they were proud; their kingdom, riches, wealth, and strength, their fortified cities and towns: if Judah is comprehended in this, it may regard the temple, which was their excellency, and in which they gloried. So the Targum paraphrases it,
``the house of the sanctuary of the house of Jacob;''and in like manner Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret it; and hate his palaces;