But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
It now follows, And ye have carried Sicuth your king. This place, we know, is quoted by Stephen in the seventh chapter of the Acts: but he followed the Greek version; and the Greek translator, whoever he was, was mistaken as to the word, Sicuth, and read, Sucoth, and thought the name an appellative of the plural number, and supposed it to be derived from...
Their feasts and assemblies, their songs and viols, all were abominations to Him because their hearts were not with Him. Nothing is more hateful than this hypocrisy, this pretense of respect when none exists. God will not smell what is offensive; He despises services meant to buy leave to go on sinning.
AI summary
Commenting on Amos 5:21-27
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Mo,.... The god of the Ammonites; See Gill on Amo 1:13; and See Gill on Jer 7:31; called theirs, because they also worshipped it, and caused their seed to pass through the fire to it; and which was carried by them in a shrine, or portable tent or chapel.