The Lord has sworn, and will not relent, You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

The Lord has sworn [in] truth to David, and He will not annul it, [saying], Of the fruit of your body will I set [a king] upon your throne.

The Lord swears by His holiness, that behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.

The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

Thus God, wanting to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His counsel, guaranteed it by an oath,

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time [itself],