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The Lord God. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4. See note on Amo_1:8.
sworn, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen_22:16) Compare Jer_51:14.
By Himself = by His soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
saith the LORD the God of Hosts = [is] the oracle of Jehovah,
the God of Hosts. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
I abhor. Hebrew. taab, a Homonym, with two meanings. Here, to abhor. In Psa_119:20, Psa_119:40, Psa_119:174, to desire or long for.
excellency. Figure of speech Ampliatio. It was once such (Compare Amo_8:7. Psa_47:4. Eze_24:21), but is now no longer so.
all that is therein = the fulness thereof