Amos 8:7
5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
6 Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
8 Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
9 And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
- KJV
- The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- WEB
- The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- ASV
- Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- DARBY
- Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.
- BLB
- YHWH has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “I will not forget to the end any of their works.
- ÅB
- Herren har svoret ved Jakobs stolthet: Jeg skal aldri glemme alt det de har gjort.
- OTB
- Herren har sverget ved Jakobs stolthet: «Jeg vil aldri glemme noen av deres gjerninger.
- B1930
- Herren har svoret ved Jakobs stolthet: Jeg skal aldri glemme alt det de har gjort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
Read in contextHosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
Read in contextHosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Read in contextHosea 7:2
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
Read in contextPsalms 47:4
He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Read in contextIsaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:34
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
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