Amos 5:26

What does Amos 5:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Amos 5:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of yourgod, which ye had made to yourselves;

Context

v.25Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

v.26This passage

v.27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 23:12

    And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

  • 1 Kings 11:33

    because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.

  • Leviticus 20:2

    Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

  • Leviticus 18:21

    And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

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