Amos 5:27 (DRB)

Passage

And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:25 Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.

Amos 5:27 And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "captivity", "beyond", "damascus", "saith", "lord", "hosts", and "name". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "captivity", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "But you carried a tabernacle for your...", giving immediate footing for "cause" and "captivity". In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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