Amos 6:8

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The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself—the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Cross References

Amos 4:2

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness: “The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.

Amos 8:7

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

Psalm 47:4

He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.

Amos 3:11

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses.”

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you do not obey these commands, declares the Lord, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’ ”

Psalm 106:40

Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them

Ezekiel 24:21

Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary—the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.

Psalm 78:59

When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.

Psalm 50:12

If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

Deuteronomy 32:19

The Lord saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.

Leviticus 26:11

I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you.

Genesis 22:16

and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.

Jeremiah 44:26

But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt: ‘I swear by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign Lord lives.”

Jeremiah 49:13

I swear by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”

Hosea 11:6

A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord, “who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.”

Amos 5:21

“I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.

Amos 8:3

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!”

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley— to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

Jeremiah 22:14

He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.’ So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red.