Amos 6:8
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. 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.
The Lord God Himself has declared a sworn purpose to bring judgment upon impenitent Israel, swearing by Himself to make it certain. What He abhors and hates is the excellency of Jacob and his palaces, which is the pride, luxury, and self-trust of those at ease in Zion and Samaria. To deliver up the city with all that is therein is to bring them into captivity, to remove their banquets, and to afflict the nation by an enemy raised up against them from Hemath to the river of the wilderness.