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16 and said, “(A)By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one,

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16 and said, “I swear by myself,(A) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(B)

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23 (A)I have sworn by Myself,
The (B)word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me (C)every knee will bow, every tongue will (D)swear allegiance.

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23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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26 [a]Nevertheless, hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have (A)sworn by My great name,’ says Yahweh, ‘(B)never shall My name be called upon again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “(C)As Lord Yahweh lives.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:26 Lit Therefore

26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(A) ‘I swear(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(C) Lord lives.”(D)

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Lord Yahweh has (A)sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:
“I (B)abhor the lofty pride of Jacob
And hate his (C)citadels;
Therefore I will (D)deliver up the city as well as its fullness.”

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The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(A)—the Lord God Almighty declares:

“I abhor(B) the pride of Jacob(C)
    and detest his fortresses;(D)
I will deliver up(E) the city
    and everything in it.(F)

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