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.

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.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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