Amos 5:26

But now you will lift up your “king” Sikkuth and “star god” Kiyyun, your idols which you have 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

25Was it only sacrifices and grain offerings you brought me during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

27as I drive you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, 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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