Amos 5:25

25 numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis domus Israhel

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 aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum et cantica lyrae tuae non audiam
24 et revelabitur quasi aqua iudicium et iustitia quasi torrens fortis
25 numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi in deserto quadraginta annis domus Israhel
26 et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro et imaginem idolorum vestrorum sidus dei vestri quae fecistis vobis
27 et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum dixit Dominus Deus exercituum nomen eius
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