qCited from Gen. 22:17
Genesis 22:15-18
15And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16and said, a“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring bas the stars of heaven and cas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess dthe gate of his ▼▼Or their
enemies, 18and fin your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, gbecause you have obeyed my voice.” Jeremiah 22:5
5But if you will not obey these words, I hswear by myself, declares the Lord, that ithis house shall become a desolation.Jeremiah 49:13
13 jFor I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that kBozrah shall become la horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”Amos 6:8
8 mThe Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts:“I abhor nthe pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
oand I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”
Hebrews 6:13-18
The Certainty of God’s Promise
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, phe swore by himself, 14saying, q“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15And thus Abraham, ▼▼Greek he
shaving patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes tan oath is final for confirmation. 17So when God desired to show more convincingly to uthe heirs of the promise vthe unchangeable character of his purpose, whe guaranteed it with an oath, 18so that by two unchangeable things, in which xit is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope yset before us.
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