aSee Gen. 14:22
Deuteronomy 32:40
40For aI lift up my hand to heavenand swear, As I live forever,
Isaiah 49:18
18 bLift up your eyes around and see;they all gather, they come to you.
cAs I live, declares the Lord,
dyou shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
Jeremiah 22:24
24 e“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were fthe signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you offEzekiel 5:11
11Therefore, gas I live, declares the Lord God, surely, hbecause you have defiled my sanctuary iwith all your detestable things and with all your jabominations, ktherefore I will withdraw. ▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down
mMy eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. Ezekiel 18:3
3 nAs I live, declares the Lord God, othis proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.Ezekiel 33:11
11Say to them, pAs I live, declares the Lord God, qI have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; rturn back, turn back from your evil ways, sfor why will you die, O house of Israel?Ezekiel 33:27
27Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: tAs I live, surely those who are in uthe waste places shall fall by vthe sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to wthe beasts to be devoured, and those who are in xstrongholds and in caves shall die by ypestilence.Zephaniah 2:9
9Therefore, zas I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become aalike Sodom,
and the Ammonites ablike Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
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