The Meaning of Amos 5:27 Explained

Amos 5:27

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

YLT: And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts is His name.

Darby: and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

ASV: Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Amos 5:27?

MEANING: What does Amos 5:27 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Amos 5:27 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Amos 5:27?

What is the context of Amos 5:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name [is] The God of hosts.

What does Amos 5:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Amos 5:16-27 - A Dark Day For Hypocrites

Mighty sins had been committed, and mighty judgments were at hand. The oppression of the poor, Amos 5:11; the erection of elegant dwellings from unrighteous exactions, Amos 5:11; the acceptance of bribes to betray the needy, Amos 5:12 all these must be reckoned with. But if the guilty nation would not seek God and establish judgment in the gate, where magistrates sat to dispense justice, the streets would be filled with wailing, and the husbandmen and vine-dressers would be equally affected by the widespread desolation as the dwellers in the cities.

Moreover, bad as Israel's present condition was, it would become infinitely worse, as though a man fleeing from a lion rushed into the arms of a bear, or, taking refuge in a house, was stung by a serpent that lay hid in a cranny of the wall. Of what avail are religious rites, when the heart is alienated from God, Amos 5:21, etc.? Let us heed well the exhortation of Amos 5:23-24. The martyr Stephen quoted Amos 5:25-27, which accuse the people of carrying about little shrines and pocket-idols, to serve as amulets averting disaster, Acts 7:43. But they might as well have built a bank of sand to arrest an overflowing flood! The one thing which is going to help us is repentance toward God and faith in our Savior Jesus Christ. [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 5

¹ A lamentation for Israel
⁴ An exhortation to repentance
²¹ God rejects their hypocritical service

What do the individual words in Amos 5:27 mean?

Therefore I will send into captivity you beyond Damascus says Yahweh the God of hosts whose name [is] -

וְהִגְלֵיתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵהָ֣לְאָה לְדַמָּ֑שֶׂק אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־ צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ פ

וְהִגְלֵיתִ֥י	Therefore I will send into captivity
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular Root: גָּלָה Sense: to uncover, remove.
מֵהָ֣לְאָה	beyond
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb Root: הַל Sense: out there, onwards, further.
לְדַמָּ֑שֶׂק	Damascus
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: דּוּמֶּשֶׂק Sense: an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 30 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem.
אָמַ֛ר	says
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֥ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵֽי־	the God
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
צְבָא֖וֹת	of hosts
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: צָבָא Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
שְׁמֽוֹ	whose name [is]
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: שֵׁם Sense: name.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

What are the major concepts related to Amos 5:27?

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