I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a

time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.

Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Unto

now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.”

When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

Possessor

He blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,

Possessor of heaven and earth;

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

General references

‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,

and swore by 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,