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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Footnotes

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

25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.

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25 (A)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (B)You (C)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 (D)and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is (E)the God of hosts.

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25 [a](A)Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel? 26 (B)You also carried along [b]Sikkuth your king and [c]Kiyyun, your images, [d]the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:25 Or You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering
  2. Amos 5:26 Or Sakkuth (Saturn), or the tabernacle of your Moloch
  3. Amos 5:26 Or Kaiwan (Saturn), or stands of
  4. Amos 5:26 Or your star gods