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Amos 5:24-26
Contemporary English Version

24 But let justice and fairness
flow like a river
    that never runs dry.

25 (A) Israel, for forty years
    you wandered in the desert,
without bringing offerings
    or sacrifices to me.
26 Now you will have to carry
    the two idols you made—
Sakkuth, the one you call king,
and Kaiwan, the one you built
    in the shape of a star.[a]

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  1. 5.26 star: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 26.
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Amos 5:24-26
New International Version

24 But let justice(A) roll on like a river,
    righteousness(B) like a never-failing stream!(C)

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(D) and offerings
    forty years(E) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(F)
    the star of your god[a]—
    which you made for yourselves.

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  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
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