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25 “O people of Israel, was it to Me you gave gifts of animals and grain on the altar for forty years in the desert? 26 You also carried with you Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun your star god, the false gods you made for yourselves. 27 So I will make you go as prisoners to the other side of Damascus,” says the Lord, Whose name is the God of All.

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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