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The Sin of Self-Made Religion
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes emphasize the verse's final phrase: "which you made for yourselves." The core sin was not just worshipping a false god, but the act of creating their own religion. They chose their own "king" (Moloch) and their own forms of worship (portable shrines) instead of submitting to the God who made them and His commands. This highlights the danger of any worship based on human preference rather than God's revealed will.
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 5:26
18th Century
Theologian
But you have borne – Literally, And you bore the tabernacle of your Moloch (literally, “your king,” from which the idol Moloch had …
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 5:25–26
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Amos 5:26–27
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Amos 5:25–26
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Amos 5:26
17th Century
Pastor
But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch
The god of the Ammonites; (See Gill on Amos 1:13); and (
Matthew Henry
On Amos 5:18–27
17th Century
Minister
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 o…