Bible Strands
Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh declares judgment to the people of Israel immediately after condemning merchants who exploit the poor and needy for profit. The oracle follows the description of economic oppression and precedes the warning that the land will quake and mourn.
The words — נִשְׁבַּע (nishba') translates to "he has sworn," and אֶשְׁכַּח (eshkach) translates to "I will forget." The text uses these verbs to establish a divine oath guaranteeing perpetual remembrance of their actions.
The thread — The text parallels Amos 6:8, where the Lord swears by Himself, and Hosea 7:2 and Hosea 9:9, where Yahweh declares He remembers all their evil and will punish their sins. These references consistently link divine oath-taking with the deliberate recall of covenant violations.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s sworn oath ensures He will never overlook their deeds, requiring the reader to recognize that judgment is certain and inescapable. The passage demands a clear-eyed assessment of accountability before the promised national catastrophe unfolds.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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.”
- Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
- Hosea 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.
- Hosea 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.
- Psalms 10:11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
- Deuteronomy 33:26 “There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- Isaiah 43:25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
- Jeremiah 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.”