lifted up Mine hand. sworn. Hebrew idiom. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:8; Numbers 14:30; Deuteronomy 32:40). Compare Daniel 12:7. Elsewhere only in Pentateuch. See Genesis 14:22, and Ezekiel 20:5,
heathen. nations.
that are. which are yours; referring to "ours" in Ezekiel 36:2.