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24 But let justice roll down like water,
    and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25 Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings
    those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
26 But you will carry away Sukuth your king
    and Kaiwan your star-images,
    your gods that you made for yourselves,

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24 But let justice(A) roll on like a river,
    righteousness(B) like a never-failing stream!(C)

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(D) and offerings
    forty years(E) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(F)
    the star of your god[a]
    which you made for yourselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols