Amos 5:25-27

Contemporary English Version

²⁵^(A) Israel, for forty years
    you wandered in the desert,
without bringing offerings
    or sacrifices to me.
²⁶Now 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]
²⁷I will force you to march
    as captives beyond Damascus.
I, the Lord God All-Powerful,
    have spoken!^[b]

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Footnotes

5.26 star: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 26.
5.27 I, the Lord … spoken: Israel did not offer sacrifices and gifts to the Lord during the time they wandered through the desert. But now they have made idols to carry during their ceremonies. So the Lord warns that he will make them “march” away as captives beyond Damascus, where Israel had extended its borders by victories in war (see 2 Kings 14.28).