Amos 8:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה בִּגְא֣וֹן יַעֲקֹ֑ב אִם־אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶ֖צַח כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

nišbaʿ YHWH by bigʾôn yaʿăqōb if ʾeškkaḥ to lāneṣaḥ all maʿăśêhem

Grammar Details

*nišbaʿ*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has sworn/taken oath
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*bigʾôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - by the pride/majesty of
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if (in oaths functions as negative)
*ʾeškkaḥ*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will forget
*lāneṣaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*maʿăśêhem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their deeds

Word Meanings

*nišbaʿ*: has sworn/has taken an oath
*bigʾôn*: by the pride/by the excellency/by the majesty
*ʾim*: if (in oaths functions as emphatically negative - 'surely not')
*ʾeškkaḥ*: I will forget/I will overlook
*lāneṣaḥ*: forever/eternally/perpetually
*maʿăśêhem*: their deeds/their works/their actions

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Referenced Verses

Amos 6:8 : 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.
Hos 8:13 : 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.
Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Hos 7:2 : 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.
Ps 10:11 : 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Ps 68:34 : 34 Ascribe{H8798)} ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Ps 47:4 : 4 He shall choose{H8799)} our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved{H8804)}. Selah.
Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Deut 33:26-29 : 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
1 Sam 15:2-3 : 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

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