Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- BSB The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
- NKJV The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- NASB ¶The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.
- NLT Now the Lord has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel: “I will never forget the wicked things you have done!
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Quick answer
God swears that he will never forget any of their deeds. Their injustices are recorded and will surely be judged.
Overview
The oath, sworn by 'the pride of Jacob' (likely a title for God himself), guarantees that none of their sins will escape his memory or his justice. God's perfect knowledge means accountability is certain. This sober truth heightens the wonder of the gospel, where the sins God will not forget are nonetheless forgiven through the cross of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Amos 6:8“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
- Hos 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.
- Hos 8:13As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it; But Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
- Hos 7:2They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
- Ps 10:11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
- Isa 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- Jer 31:34and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.”
- Jer 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
- Ps 47:4He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- Deut 33:26–29“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
- Ps 68:34Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
- 1 Sam 15:2–3Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
- Exod 17:16He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
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Amid judgment on injustice, Amos promises the raising up of David's fallen tent — read by James in Acts 15 as the ingathering of the nations into the kingdom of the risen Christ.
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