⁸ But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,^(A) how can I know^(B) that I will gain possession of it?”^(C)

²² This is what the Sovereign Lord^(A) says:

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)

¹¹ Therefore as surely as I live,^(A) declares the Sovereign^(B) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary^(C) with all your vile images^(D) and detestable practices,^(E) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.^(F)

⁴⁸ As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign^(A) Lord, your sister Sodom^(B) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.^(C)