Amos 5:26

Amos 5:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
• New International Version (NIV)You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god— which you made for yourselves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,
• New King James Version (NKJV)You also carried Sikkuth your king And Chiun, your idols, The star of your gods, Which you made for yourselves.

Context of Amos 5:26

24But let justice flow like water, and righteousness, like an unfailing stream. 25“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to me during the forty years in the wilderness? But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves. 27So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name. He has spoken.

Amos 5:26 word by word

וּנְשָׂאתֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת סִכּ֣וּת מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת כִּיּ֣וּן צַלְמֵיכֶ֑ם כּוֹכַב֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But ye have borneנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the tabernacleסִכּוּתsikkûth · SikkuthH5522
• of your Molochמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and Chiunכִּיּוּןkîyûn · KiyyunH3594
• your imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• the starכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• of your godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• which ye madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for Amos 5:26

• Leviticus 18:21“You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
• Leviticus 20:2“Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or alien residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.
• 1 Kings 11:33For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did.
• 2 Kings 23:12The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof of Ahaz’s upper chamber. He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

Commentaries on Amos 5:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26But ye have borne - The preceding verse spoke of their fathers; the present verse speaks of the Israelites then existing, who were so grievously addicted to idolatry, that they not only worshipped at stated public places the idols set up by public authority, but they carried their gods about with them everywhere. The tabernacle of your Moloch - Probably a small portable shrine, with an image of their god in it, such as Moloch; and the star or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26But ye have borne - Literally, “And ye bare the tabernacle of your Moloch” (literally, “your king,” from where the idol Moloch had its name.) He assigns the reason, why he had denied that they sacririced to God in the wilderness. “Did ye offer sacrifices unto Me, and ye bare?” that is, seeing that ye bare. The two were incompatible. Since they did “carry about the tabernacle of their king,” they did not really worship God. He whom they chose as “their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 Woe unto those that desire the day of the Lord's judgments, that wish for times of war and confusion; as some who long for changes, hoping to rise upon the ruins of their country! but this should be so great a desolation, that nobody could gain by it. The day of the Lord will be a dark, dismal, gloomy day to all impenitent sinners. When God makes a day dark, all the world cannot make it light. Those who are not reformed by the judgments of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27The names in Amos 5:26 have led to several explanations. However, many interpreters think these names refer to pagan gods whose identities are no longer clear. The “king god” may be Molech, the god worshiped by the Ammonites (see Amos 1:15). The word translated as taken along might mean "you will lift up." In this case, the prophet contrasts Israel or Judah, who carried their idols, with God, who carries his people (see Isaiah 46:1–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. Have ye offered? &c.--Yes: ye have. "But (all the time with strange inconsistency) ye have borne (aloft in solemn pomp) the tabernacle (that is, the portable shrine, or model tabernacle: small enough not to be detected by Moses; compare Ac 19:24) of your Molech" (that idol is "your" god; I am not, though ye go through the form of presenting offerings to Me). The question, "Have ye," is not a denial (for they did offer in the wilderness to Jehovah…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 5:26

• Chiun
• Hypocrisy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Stars

In the dictionaries

• God
• Moloch
• Molech; Moloch
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Chiun
• Manifold
• Remphan
• Seek
• Tabernacle
• Astrology

Commentaries on Amos 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings