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26 But you lifted up your images
—Siccuth your ‘king’, and Chiun,[a] your star gods—
which you made for yourselves,[b]
27 So I will send you into exile,
beyond Damascus.”
Adonai has spoken,
Elohei-Tzva’ot is His Name.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:26 Or, tabernacle of your Moloch, and Saturn (of Babylonia).
  2. Amos 5:26 cf. Acts 7:43.

26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(A)
    the star of your god[a]
    which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(B) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 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