Amos 6:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The Lord God has sworn by himself (says the Lord, the God of hosts): “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his strongholds; and 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, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Psalm 106:40

Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

Psalm 47:4

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

Psalm 50:12

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

Psalm 78:59

When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

Jeremiah 12:8

My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest, she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,’ and cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you will not heed 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 you of 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 invoked by 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 shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts, and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy, he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all its palaces, laid in ruins its strongholds; and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

Hosea 11:6

The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them in their fortresses.

Leviticus 26:11

And I will make my abode among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do right,” says the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

Amos 3:11

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “An adversary shall surround the land, and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered.”

Amos 4:2

The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks.

Amos 5:21

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord God; “the dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast out in silence.”

Amos 8:7

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

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Deuteronomy 32:19

“The Lord saw it, and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.