Amos 8:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Amos 8:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Hosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Psalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-10)

God is here contending with proud oppressors, and showing them, I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge (Luke 18:2) that neither feared God nor regarded man. 1. Observe them in their devotions, and you will say, “They had no reverence for God.” Bad as they are, they do indeed keep up a show and form of godliness; they observe the sabb…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob--that is, by Himself, in whom Jacob’s seed glory [Maurer]. Rather, by the spiritual privileges of Israel, the adoption as His peculiar people [Calvin], the temple, and its Shekinah symbol of His presence. Compare Am 6:8, where it means Jehovah’s temple (compare Am 4:2). never forget--not pass by without punishing (Am 8:2; Ho 8:13; 9:9).