“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?”
Amos 5:25 (KJV) |
Amos 5:25
From Amos 5, in the Book of Amos (Old Testament).
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Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.