King James Version
Amos 5:27 in the King James Version says “Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.” — study this verse from Amos chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
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
“Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“is The God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of hosts”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
“whose name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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