Amos 5:26 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

Yes, you have borne the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

But you have borne – Literally, And you bore the tabernacle of your Moloch (literally, “your king,” from which the idol Moloch had …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Much uncertainty belongs to the interpretation of verses 25 and 26 and their connection in thought. Some commentators would treat Amos 5:2…

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

Oh, for pure worship! Oh, for pure living! Oh, for hearts that spiritually worship the Lord, for Jesus said, God is a Spirit: and they that wor…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

The Prophet shows here that he not only reproved hypocrisy in the Israelites for obtruding on God only an external display of ceremonies without an…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch
The god of the Ammonites; (See Gill on Amos 1:13); and (

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord's judgments, who wish for times of war and confusion—like some who long for changes, hoping to rise on …

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