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Amos 5:27 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Amos 5:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.”
Amos 5:27 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 5:27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus (וְהִגְלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵהָלְאָה לְדַמָּשֶׂק, v'higleiti etchem mehale'ah l'Damaseq)—The judgment fits the crime: they carried idols, so God will cause them to be carried away (הִגְלֵיתִי, higleiti, 'I will exile'). Beyond Damascus means further than Syria—fulfilled when Assyria (whose capital Nineveh lay northeast of Damascus) deported Israel in 722 BC. Saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts (אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי־צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ, amar YHWH Elohei-tzva'ot sh'mo)—the covenant God who commands heavenly armies pronounces this ...
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“and carried Israel away to Assyria”
“the star of your god Rephan”
“behold”
“and took Ijon”