Amos 5:26 KJV
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Thou and Ye
- ye, your, yourselves more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Threatenings respecting idolatriesWoe 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...
Thompson Chains
- MolechLink 4 of 5 · next Acts 7:43
- Idolatry (4)See the chain from Exodus 32:4 · 17 links
- Idol MakingSee the chain from Isaiah 40:19 · 6 links
Cross References
- 1 Kings 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
- 2 Kings 23:12–13 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. …
- Leviticus 18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 20:2–5 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. …
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Topics
- Chiun Also called Remphan, a god of the Phoenicians
- Hypocrisy General scriptures concerning Hypocrisy
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of captivity, famine, and judgments
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Sin The Israelites
- Stars Worshiped
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible810–784 BC · Amos, in the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam II
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- But ye have borne וּנְשָׂאתֶם ûnĕśāʾtem נָשָׂא Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
- the tabernacle אֵת ʾēt Object marker סִכּוּת sikkût סִכּוּת Proper name
- of your Moloch מַלְכְּכֶם malkĕkem Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural מֶלֶךְ melek
- and Chiun וְאֵת wĕʾēt Object marker · with and כִּיּוּן kiyyûn כִּיּוּן Proper name
- your images צַלְמֵיכֶם ṣalmêkem צֶלֶם Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- the star כּוֹכַב kôkab כּוֹכָב Noun · masculine singular construct
- of your god אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ʾĕlōhêkem אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- which ye made אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative עֲשִׂיתֶם ʿăśîtem עָשָׂה Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine plural לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural
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