Amos 6:8

New King James Version

The Lord God has sworn by Himself, The Lord God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore I will deliver up the city And 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, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

Psalm 47:4

He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah

Psalm 50:12

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.

Psalm 78:59

When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys, To those who are overcome with wine!

Jeremiah 12:8

My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it.

Jeremiah 22:14

Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling it with cedar And painting it with vermilion.’

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house shall become a desolation.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 44:26

Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwell 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, “The Lord God lives.”

Jeremiah 49:13

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

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, And they shall lift up a shout against you.”

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was 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, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight of your soul; and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

Hosea 11:6

And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.

Leviticus 26:11

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

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.

Amos 3:10

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Amos 3:11

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered.”

Amos 4:2

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.

Amos 5:21

“I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.

Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord God— “Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence.”

Amos 8:7

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

Zechariah 11:8

I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Deuteronomy 32:19

“And when the Lord saw it, He spurned them, Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.