Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
6 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “jacob” →
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD , the God of hosts,
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD , forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Then said I, O Lord GOD , cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD .
