Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

The heathen

General references

Bible References

I have lifted

Ezekiel 20:5
and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day when I chose Israel and lifted up My hand and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God,
Deuteronomy 32:40

‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
Revelation 10:5
Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand [to swear an oath] to heaven,

The heathen

Jeremiah 25:9
behold (hear this), I will send for all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant [to enact My plan], and I will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing [that is, an object of warning and ridicule] and an everlasting desolation.

General references

Revelation 10:6
and swore [an oath] by [the name of] Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there will be delay no longer,