Amos 5:25-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 (A)Did you bring me sacrifices and grain offerings
for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?(B)
26 Yet you will carry away Sukuth,[a] your king,
and Kaiwan, your star-image,
your gods that you have made for yourselves,(C)
27 As I exile you beyond Damascus,
says the Lord,
whose name is the God of hosts.
Footnotes
- 5:26 Sukuth: probably a hebraized form of Assyro-Babylonian Shukudu (“the Arrow”), a name of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. It was associated with the god Ninurta, who was widely worshiped in Mesopotamia. According to 2 Kgs 17:30 the cult of Sirius was introduced into Samaria by deportees from Babylonia. Kaiwan: a hebraized form of an Akkadian name for the planet Saturn, also worshiped as a deity in Mesopotamia.
Amos 5:25-27
New International Version
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(A) and offerings
forty years(B) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
the pedestal of your idols,(C)
the star of your god[a]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(D) beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(E)
Footnotes
- Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols
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