16 and said, “By myself I have sworn,”(A) this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

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16 and said, “I swear by myself,(A) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(B)

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14 Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either sacrifice or offering.”(A)

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14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned(A) for by sacrifice or offering.’”

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The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

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You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,

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35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(A)

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35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—

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23 By myself I have sworn;(A)
truth has gone from my mouth,(B)
a word that will not be revoked:
Every knee will bow(C) to me,
every tongue will swear allegiance.

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23 By 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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“For this is like the days[a] of Noah to me:
when I swore that the water of Noah
would never flood the earth again,(A)
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 54:9 DSS, Cairo Geniza; MT, LXX read waters

“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(A)
So now I have sworn(B) not to be angry(C) with you,
    never to rebuke(D) you again.

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26 “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by my great name,(A) says the Lord, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt,(B) saying, “As the Lord God lives.”

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26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(A) ‘I swear(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(C) Lord lives.”(D)

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13 For by myself I have sworn”(A)—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah[a] will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 49:13 = Edom’s capital

13 I 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

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