Amos 6:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The 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.

I abhor

The excellency

Amos 8:7

Psalm 47:4

Ezekiel 24:21

And hate

Amos 3:11

Lamentations 2:5

All that is therein

Psalm 50:12

General references

Genesis 22:16

Bible References

I abhor

And I will set my habitation in your midst, - And my soul shall not abhor you;

God heard and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.

And I sent off three shepherds, in one month, - for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me.

The excellency

Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings!

He chooseth for us our inheritance, The excellence of Jacob, which he hath loved. Selah.

Say to the house of Israel thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! profaning my sanctuary. The pride of your strength, The delight of your eyes And the object of the tender regard of your soul,- And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind, by the sword, shall fall.

And hate

Therefore - Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, An adversary! Yea round about the land, - and he who shall bring down, from thee, thy strength, And spoiled shall be thy palaces.

My Lord hath become like a foe, hath swallowed up Israel, hath swallowed up all her castles, ruined his strongholds, - and hath caused to abound, in the daughter of Judah, lamentation and mourning.

All that is therein

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.

General references

and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh, - Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one,