Amos 8:7
The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Juravit Dominus in superbiam Jacob : Si oblitus fuero usque ad finem omnia opera eorum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὀμνύει Κύριος κατὰ τῆς ὑπερηφανίας Ἰακώβ Εἰ ἐπιλησθήσεται εἰς νῖκος πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה בִּגְא֣וֹן יַעֲקֹ֑ב אִם אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶ֖צַח כָּל מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם
Haydock's commentary
Jacob, because the rich despise the poor. It may also mean, that he swore by heaven, or the temple, (Leviticus xxvi. 19.) or that he would destroy the high places. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.