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Amos 5:26

24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith 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.>

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 20:2–5

    Again, 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 any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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  • 2 Kings 23:12–13

    And the altars that were on the top 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 the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

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  • 1 Kings 11:33

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

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  • Leviticus 18:21

    And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

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