Amos 5:25 (GNV)

Passage

Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

Nearby Context

Amos 5:23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)

Amos 5:24 And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

Amos 5:25 Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 But you haue borne Siccuth your King, and Chiun your images, and the starre of your gods, which ye made to your selues.

Amos 5:27 Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the God of hostes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "offered", "vnto", "sacrifices", "offrings", "wildernesse", "fourtie", and "yeeres". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "offered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And let iudgement runne downe as waters..." into verse 26's "But you haue borne Siccuth your King...", so "haue" and "offered" 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 "haue" and "offered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.