Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
I have lifted up mine hand - in token of an oath (Ezekiel 20:5; Genesis 14:22).
Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame - a perpetual shame; whereas the "shame" which Israel bore from these pagan was only for a time.