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,

⁹ `The covenant' which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

⁷³ The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,

² and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;

¹³ For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

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.

¹³ For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹⁴ For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

²³ By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth `in' righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

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.

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.