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Amos 1:15 Cross-References
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“And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.”
Amos 1:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 1:15
Their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together (וְהָלַךְ מַלְכָּם בַּגּוֹלָה, v'halach malkam bagolah)—The Hebrew מַלְכָּם (malkam) is a wordplay: it means both 'their king' and references Molech/Milcom, the Ammonite deity to whom children were sacrificed (1 Kings 11:5, 33). Both human rulers and false gods prove powerless before Yahweh. Saith the LORD (אָמַר יְהוָה, amar YHWH) is the prophetic authentication formula—this is not Amos's opinion but God's irrevocable decree.The collapse of both political and religious systems signifies total judgment. No refuge remains—not in mi...
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