Jeremiah 22:5

But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear ¹  that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the Lord, affirm it!” ² 

Ge 22:16; Nu 14:28-30; De 32:40-42; 2Ch 7:19,22; Ps 95:11; Isa 1:20; Jer 7:13,14; Jer 17:27; Jer 26:6-9; Jer 39:8; Am 6:8; Am 8:7,8; Mic 3:12; Heb 3:18; Heb 6:13,17

¹ sn Heb “I swear by myself.” Oaths were guaranteed by invoking the name of a god or swearing by “his life.” See Jer 12:16; 44:26. Since the Lord is incomparably great, he could swear by no higher (see Heb 6:13-16) than to swear by himself or his own great name.

² tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”