Amos 5:25

25 "1Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:25

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings
No; they were not offered to God, but to devils, to the golden calf, and to the host of heaven: so their fathers did in the wilderness forty years;
where sacrifices were omitted during that time, a round number for a broken one, it being about thirty eight years; and these their children were imitators of them, and offered sacrifice to idols too, and therefore deserved punishment as they: even ye, O house of Israel?
the ten tribes, who are here particularly charged and threatened; (See Gill on Acts 7:42).

Amos 5:25 In-Context

23 "Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
24 "But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 "Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
26 "You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.
27 "Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD , whose name is the God of hosts.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 32:17; Joshua 24:14; Nehemiah 9:18-21; Acts 7:42, 43

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering"
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