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Woe to Rebellious Israel

Amos 5:27

In 11 translations

BSB
Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.Cited in Acts 7:42–43
KJV
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
WEB
Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
ASV
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
LSV
And I removed you beyond Damascus,” said YHWH—God of Hosts [is] His Name.
YLT
And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name.
DBY
and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.Elohim
DRC
And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.
GNV
Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the God of hostes.
JPS
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith He, whose name is the LORD God of hosts.
LXXE
And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִגְלֵיתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵהָ֣לְאָה לְדַמָּ֑שֶׂק אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Δαμασκοῦ, λέγει Κύριος· ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ.

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  • Acts 7:43You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
  • 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  • Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
  • 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as…

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