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Amos 5:27

Amos 5:27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,.... The chief city of Syria; and which, as Aben Ezra says, lay to the east of the land of Israel, and was a very strong and fortified…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Therefore - (And) this being so, such having been their way from the beginning until now, will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus Syria was the most powerful enemy by whom God had…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus - That is, into Assyria, the way to which, from Judea, was by Damascus.

But St. Stephen says, Act 7:43, beyond Babylon; because the Holy Spirit…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Amos 5:21-27

The scope of these verses is to show how little God valued their shows of devotion, nay, how much he detested them, while they went on in their sins. Observe,

I. How unpleasing, nay, how displeasing,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Amos 5:26-27

But ye shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwân your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves; and I will cause you to go into exile beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah] You and your…

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