⁸ The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, 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.

¹⁴ Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, `saying', Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

² The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

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

¹¹ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary `there shall be', even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

⁵ But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

⁴ He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah

⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

¹⁴ saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

¹⁵ And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

¹⁶ For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁷ Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

⁸ And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

⁶ Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, `and' as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

⁷ And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.

⁸ For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

⁹ For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

²¹ Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.

⁵ The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

⁵⁹ When God heard `this', he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

¹⁹ And Jehovah saw `it', and abhorred `them', Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

³⁰ And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

¹¹ And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

¹⁶ and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,