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Amos 5:26

24 But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25 Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

27 Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
KJV
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
WEB
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;
BLB
You⁺ have taken along Sikkuth your⁺ king and and Kaiwan your⁺ idols, the star of your⁺ gods that you⁺ have made for yourselves.
ÅB
Nei, dere bar deres konges[^2] telt og deres bilders fotstykke, deres guds stjerne, som dere hadde gjort dere.
OTB
Dere har båret Sikkuth, deres konge, og Kiyyun, deres avguder,
stjernen til deres guder som dere laget for dere selv.
B1930
Nei, I bar eders konges telt og eders billeders fotstykke, eders guds stjerne, som I hadde gjort eder. / < d.e. Moloks.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 20:2–5

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

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  • 2 Kings 23:12–13

    He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

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  • 1 Kings 11:33

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

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  • Leviticus 18:21

    You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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