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26 You have ·carried with you [lifted up]
    ·your king, the god Sakkuth [or the shrine of your idol-king],
    ·and Kaiwan your idol [or the pedestal of your idols; C either names of Mesopotamian star gods, or general terms for idols],
    the star gods you have made for yourselves.
27 So I will send you ·away as captives [into exile] beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is the God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts].

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26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(A)
    the star of your god[a]
    which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(B) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(C)

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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