¹⁶ and said, “By myself I have sworn,”^(A) this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

⁵ But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by myself^(A)—this is the Lord’s declaration—that this house will become a ruin.’”^(B)

¹⁴ The Lord of Armies has sworn by himself: