Amos 6:8

Modern English Version

The Lord God hath sworn by Himself, an oracle of the Lord the God of Hosts: I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his palaces, so I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

Cross References

Genesis 22:16

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Psalm 106:40

Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Psalm 47:4

He chose our heritage for us, the excellency of Jacob whom He loves.    Selah

Psalm 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all its fullness are Mine.

Psalm 78:59

When God heard this, He was filled with wrath and greatly abhorred Israel,

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and perverse speech do I hate.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest. She cries out against Me; therefore I have hated her.

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, “I will build myself a roomy house and large chambers,” and cuts out its windows, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation.

Jeremiah 44:26

Yet hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwells in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’

Jeremiah 49:13

For I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all the cities will become perpetual wastes.

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself, saying: Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, and they will lift up shouts of victory against you.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces; He has destroyed her strongholds, and has increased mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.

Ezekiel 24:21

Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul. And your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

Hosea 11:6

The sword slashes in their cities, consumes their oracle-priests, and devours because of their own counsels.

Leviticus 26:11

I will set My tabernacle among you, and I shall not abhor you.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your funeral offerings on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I shall abhor you.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, storing up violence and destruction in their fortresses.

Amos 3:11

Therefore thus says the Lord God: An enemy will surround your land; he will tear down your defenses, and your fortresses will be plundered.

Amos 4:2

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: Behold, the days are coming upon you when they will take you away with hooks, the last one of you with fishhooks.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your festivals, and I am not pleased by your solemn assemblies.

Amos 8:3

“The songs of the temple shall become wailings on that day,” says the Lord God. “The corpses shall be many, cast down everywhere. Hush!”

Amos 8:7

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Zechariah 11:8

I destroyed the three shepherds in the span of one month. For my soul was impatient with them, and their souls detested me.

Deuteronomy 32:19

When the Lord saw it, He despised them, because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.