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25 “Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel? 26 No, you served your pagan gods—Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god—the images you made for yourselves. 27 So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus,[a]” says the Lord, whose name is the God of Heaven’s Armies.

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  1. 5:26-27 Greek version reads No, you carried your pagan gods—the shrine of Molech, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made for yourselves. So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus. Compare Acts 7:43.

25 “Did(A) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [a]Sikkuth[b] (B)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity (C)beyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, (D)whose name is the God of hosts.

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  1. Amos 5:26 LXX, Vg. tabernacle of Moloch
  2. Amos 5:26 A pagan deity

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

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  1. 5:26 Or you will lift up
  2. 5:26 LXX reads taken up the tent of Molech and the star of your god Rephan; Ac 7:43

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(A) and offerings
    forty years(B) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(C)
    the star of your god[a]
    which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(D) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(E)

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  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

25 Did you offer Me sacrifices or give Me offerings during the 40 years I guided you in the wilderness, people of Israel? 26 But now you place your trust in false gods; you pray to the idols Sikkuth (your king) and Kiyyun (the star god), those detestable images that you’ve made for yourselves. 27 Because of your worship offered to man-made images, you must go away—beyond Damascus.[a]

So says the Eternal God, the Commander of heavenly armies.

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