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

24Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up. 25You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel. You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves, 27and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies!

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 18:21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord!
• Leviticus 20:2“You are to say to the Israelites, ‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.
• 1 Kings 11:33I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.
• 2 Kings 23:12The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz’s upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. He crushed them up and threw the dust in 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