Isaiah 45:23

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²³By myself I have sworn,^(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(C)
Before me every knee will bow;^(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(E)

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Jeremiah 22:5

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⁵But if you do not obey^(A) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear^(B) by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”

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Jeremiah 49:13

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¹³I swear^(A) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah^(B) will become a ruin and a curse,^[a] an object of horror^(C) and reproach;^(D) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”^(E)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

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Jeremiah 51:14

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¹⁴The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:^(A)
I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,^(B)
and they will shout^(C) in triumph over you.

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Amos 6:8

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The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

⁸The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself^(A)—the Lord God Almighty declares:

“I abhor^(B) the pride of Jacob^(C)
and detest his fortresses;^(D)
I will deliver up^(E) the city
and everything in it.^(F)”

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Hebrews 6:13-14

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The Certainty of God’s Promise

¹³When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,^(A) ¹⁴saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”^[a]^(B)

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