Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterw
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah,
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citade
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every r
So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside,
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not kn
But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rub
“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?