Amos 8:8

"The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works."

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes God's unwavering remembrance and accountability for Israel's deeds, highlighting both His steadfast judgment and the permanent impact of their actions. By swearing by His own pride (or glory), God underscores the gravity of His commitment to justice and the eternal consequences of human conduct.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Shall not the land tremble for this? -o: “For the greater impressiveness, he ascribes to the insensate earth sense, indignation, horror, trembling. For all creation feels the will of its Creator.” “It shall rise up wholly as a flood,” literally, “like the river.” It is the Egyptian name for “river, which Israel brought with it out of Egypt, and is used either for the Nile, or for one of the artificial “trenches,” derived from it. “And it shall be cast out and drowned,” literally, “shall toss to and fro” as the sea, “and sink as the river of Egypt.” The prophet represents the land as heaving like the troubled sea.

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