The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh has sworn by the pride 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 6:8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
- Hos 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
- Hos 8:13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
- Hos 7:2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
- Ps 10:11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
- Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Jer 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
- Jer 17:1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
- Ps 47:4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- Deut 33:26–29There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Ps 68:34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
- Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
- 1 Sam 15:2–3Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
- Exod 17:16For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD 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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