Amos 5:27

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

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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

26But 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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Cross References

Amos 4:13For behold, he formed the mountains, and created the wind; He declareth to man what is his thought; He maketh the morning darkness, And walketh upon the high places of the earth; Jehovah, God of hosts, is his name.

Acts 7:43And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”

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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