Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
Mine oath that he hath despised ... even it will I recompense upon his own head. The "covenant," being sworn in God's name, was really His covenant; a new instance, in relation to man, of the treacherous spirit which had been so often betrayed in relation to God. God Himself must therefore avenge the violation of His covenant "on the head" of the perjurer (cf. Psalms 7:16).