Amos 5:26

But ye bore the tabernacle of your king, And the shrine of your images, The star of your god, which ye made for yourselves.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

25Did ye offer me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness, for forty years, O house of Israel?

27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, Saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts!

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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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