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Amo 6:8 — The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

sworn		Amo 4:2; Jer 51:14; Hbr 6:13-17
I abhor		Lev 26:11; Psa 78:59; Psa 106:40; Zec 11:8
the excellency		Amo 8:7; Psa 47:4; Eze 24:21
and hate		Amo 3:11; Lam 2:5
therefore		Mic 1:6-9
all that is therein		Heb. the fulness thereof. Psa 50:12

Correlating Passages

sworn

	Amo 4:2	The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
	Jer 51:14	The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
	Hbr 6:13	For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
	Hbr 6:14	Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
	Hbr 6:15	And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
	Hbr 6:16	For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.
	Hbr 6:17	Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:

I abhor

	Lev 26:11	And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
	Psa 78:59	When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
	Psa 106:40	Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
	Zec 11:8	Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

the excellency

	Amo 8:7	The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
	Psa 47:4	He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
	Eze 24:21	Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

and hate

	Amo 3:11	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary [there shall be] even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
	Lam 2:5	The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

therefore

	Mic 1:6	Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, [and] as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
	Mic 1:7	And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
	Mic 1:8	Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
	Mic 1:9	For her wound [is] incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, [even] to Jerusalem.

all that is therein

Psa 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.

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Scott, Thomas. "Amos 6:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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