Amos 5:26 (ASV)

Passage

Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Amos 5:25 Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Amos 5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "borne", "tabernacle", "king", "shrine", "images", "star", and "yourselves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "borne" and "tabernacle", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and..." into verse 27's "Therefore will I cause you to go...", so "borne" and "tabernacle" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "borne" and "tabernacle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.