Amos 5:27

And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Rephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Halah, and in Habor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes.

Amos 4:13For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:22-27

Hypocritical Services Rejected; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me… Read the whole commentary →

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