25 “House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?(A) 26 But you have taken up[a] Sakkuth[b][c] your king[d] and Kaiwan[e] your star god, images you have made for yourselves.(B) 27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.”(C) Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.(D) He has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:26 Or you will lift up
  2. Amos 5:26 LXX, Sym, Syr, Vg read the tent; Ac 7:43
  3. Amos 5:26 Probably a Mesopotamian war god also called Adar or Ninurta
  4. Amos 5:26 LXX reads up the tent of Molech and Rephan; Ac 7:43
  5. Amos 5:26 Probably a Mesopotamian god identified with Saturn

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