⁵ and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day when I ^(A)chose Israel and ^[a]swore to the ^[b]descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I ^[c]swore to them, saying, ^(B)I am the Lord your God,

⁵ Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land ^(A)raised his right hand to heaven,

^6 (A)and swore by ^(B)Him who lives forever and ever, ^(C)who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^(D)there will no longer be a delay,