Amos 8:7

The NET Bible®

The Lord confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Ya`akov, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

King James Version
The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

English Standard Version
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.

New Century Version
The Lord has sworn by his name, the Pride of Jacob, "I will never forget everything that these people did.

Amplified Bible
The LORD has sworn [an oath] by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I shall never forget [nor leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has sworn by the lofty pride of Jacob,"Indeed, I will never forget any of their works.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget any of their deeds.

Contemporary English Version
I, the Lord , won't forget any of this, though you take great pride in your ancestor Jacob.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai swears by Ya‘akov's pride, "I will forget none of their deeds, ever.

Darby Translation
Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord made a promise. He used his name, "Pride of Jacob," and made this promise: "I will never forget what those people did.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD, the Mighty One of Jacob, has sworn, Surely, I will never forget any of their works.

Good News Translation
The Lord , the God of Israel, has sworn, "I will never forget their evil deeds.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds!

Literal Translation
Jehovah has sworn by the Pride of Jacob, Surely I will not ever forget all their works.

American Standard Version
Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.

English Revised Version
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

World English Bible
Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord swoor ayens the pride of Jacob, Y schal not foryete til to the ende alle the werkis of hem.

Update Bible Version
Yahweh has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath sworn by the excellence of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

New King James Version
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

New Living Translation
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!

New Life Bible
The Lord has promised by the pride of Jacob, "For sure I will never forget anything they have done.

New Revised Standard
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings!

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Young's Literal Translation
Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: `I forget not for ever any of their works.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob: these workes of theirs will I neuer forget.

THE MESSAGE
God swears against the arrogance of Jacob: "I'm keeping track of their every last sin." God's oath will shake earth's foundations, dissolve the whole world into tears. God's oath will sweep in like a river that rises, flooding houses and lands, And then recedes, leaving behind a sea of mud.

Contextual Overview

⁴ Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land. ⁵ You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! ⁶ We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!" ⁷ The Lord confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done! ⁸ Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt. ⁹ In that day," says the sovereign Lord , "I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. ¹⁰ I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sworn: Amos 6:8, Deuteronomy 33:26-29, Psalms 47:4, Psalms 68:34, Luke 2:32

I will: Exodus 17:16, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 15:3, Psalms 10:11, Isaiah 43:25, Jeremiah 17:1, Jeremiah 31:34, Hosea 7:2, Hosea 8:13, Hosea 9:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - God remembered Job 24:23 - yet his eyes Job 34:25 - he knoweth Psalms 50:21 - set Psalms 89:35 - Once Psalms 109:15 - before Isaiah 14:24 - Lord Jeremiah 2:22 - yet thine iniquity Jeremiah 22:5 - I Jeremiah 44:21 - did Jeremiah 44:26 - I have sworn Ezekiel 5:11 - as I live Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore

Cross-References

Leviticus 11:15
every kind of crow,

1 Kings 17:4
Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there."

1 Kings 17:6
The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

Job 38:41
Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

Psalms 147:9
He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob,.... Not by the ark, as R. Japhet; nor by the temple, as Kimchi; but by himself; which sense Kimchi also mentions, and Aben Ezra; the God of Jacob and his glory, the most excellent of all Jacob's enjoyments, and of whom he had reason to boast and glory; see Amos 6:8;

surely I will never forget any of their works; their wicked works, especially those now mentioned; God forgets when he forgives them, or suffers them to go unpunished; but though he had done so long, he would do so no more; on which they might depend, since he had not only said it, but swore to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the excellency of Jacob - that is, by Himself who was its Glory, as Samuel calls Him “the Strength” 1 Samuel 15:29 or the Glory of Israel. Amos had before said, “God sware by His Holiness” and “by Himself” or “His soul.” Now, in like way, He pledges that Glory wherewith He was become the Glory of His people. He reminds them, who was the sole Source of their glory; not their calves, but Himself, their Creator; and that He would not forget their deeds. “I will not forget any,” literally, “all;” as David and Paul say, “all flesh,” all living men, “shall not be justified,” that is, none, no one, neither the whole nor any of its parts. Amos brings before the mind all their actions, and then says of all and each, the Lord will not forget them. God must cease to be God, if He did not do what He sware to do, punish the oppressors and defrauders of the poor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 8:7. By the excellency of Jacob — By the state of eminence to which he had raised the descendants of Jacob; or, by the excellent ONE of Jacob, that is, HIMSELF. The meaning is: "As surely as I have raised you to such a state of eminence, so surely will I punish you in proportion to your advantages and your crimes."