“Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.”
Or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. The created order that people tried to use to construct non-binding oaths is systematically reclaimed as God's: earth is his footstool (Isaiah 66:1), Jerusalem is the city of the great King (Psalm 48:2). The taxonomy of oaths that the tradition had developed to create flexibility is dismantled by the comprehensive sovereignty of the God who owns everything.
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