Amos 5:27

Therefore I will exile you beyond Damascus,” 1 says Yahweh, 1 whose name is the God of hosts.

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

In Context

26You have lifted up the images of Sikkuth, your king, 1 and Kaiwan, your star god, 1 which you made for yourselves. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:15For Yahweh will attack Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and he will root up Israel out of this good land that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherah poles and provoked Yahweh to anger.

2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He put them in Halah, at the Habor River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Amos 4:13For, look, he who forms the mountains 1 also creates the wind, 1 reveals his thoughts to mankind, 1 makes the morning darkness, 1 and treads on the high places of the earth. 1 Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”

Acts 7:43You accepted the tabernacle of Molech 1 and the star of the god Rephan, 1 and the images that you made to worship them: 1 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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