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.

Footnotes:

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

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