King James Version
Amos 5:25 in the King James Version says “Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?” — study this verse from Amos chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?”
Amos 5:25 · KJV
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. run: Heb. roll
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. the tabernacle: or, Siccuth your king
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto me sacrifices”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
“and offerings”
H4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
“Have ye offered”
H5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“O house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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