Jeremiah 44:26

44:26 But ¹  listen to what the Lord has to say, all you people of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. The Lord says, ‘I hereby swear by my own great name that none of the people of Judah who are living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name in their oaths! Never again will any of them use it in an oath saying, “As surely as the Lord God lives….” ² 

Genesis 22:16

22:16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ ³  decrees the Lord, ⁴  ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Isaiah 45:23

45:23 I solemnly make this oath ⁵  –

what I say is true and reliable: ⁶ 

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm; ⁷ 

Ezekiel 35:11

35:11 therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will deal with you according to your anger, and according to your envy, by which you acted spitefully against them. I will reveal myself to them when I judge you.

Amos 6:8

6:8 The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his very own life. ⁸ 

The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking:

“I despise Jacob’s arrogance;

I hate their ⁹  fortresses.

I will hand over to their enemies ¹⁰  the city of Samaria ¹¹  and everything in it.”

[44:26]  ¹ tn Heb “Therefore.” This particle quite often introduces the announcement of judgment after an indictment or accusation of a crime. That is its function here after the statement of cause in vv. 24-25. However, it would not sound right after the immediately preceding ironical or sarcastic commands to go ahead and fulfill their vows. “But” is a better transition unless one wants to paraphrase “Therefore, since you are so determined to do that….”

[44:26]  ² tn Heb “Behold I swear by…that my name will no more be pronounced in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying, ‘As the Lord Yahweh lives.’” The sentence has been broken up and restructured to better conform with contemporary English style and the significance of pronouncing the name has been interpreted for the sake of readers who might not be familiar with this biblical idiom.

[22:16]  ³ tn Heb “By myself I swear.”

[22:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “the oracle of the Lord.” The phrase refers to a formal oracle or decree from the Lord.

[45:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

[45:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

[45:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

[6:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “swears by his life”; or “swears by himself.”

[6:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “his,” referring to Jacob, which stands here for the nation of Israel.

[6:8]  ¹⁰ tn The words “to their enemies” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the city”; this probably refers to the city of Samaria (cf. 6:1), which in turn, by metonymy, represents the entire northern kingdom.