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25 “People of Israel, you did not bring me sacrifices and offerings
    while you traveled in the desert for forty years.
26 You have carried with you
    your king, the god Sakkuth,
    and Kaiwan your idol,
    and the star gods you have made.
27 So I will send you away as captives beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is the God All-Powerful.

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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)

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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