Amos 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. Will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus - That is, into Assyria, the way to which, from Judea, was by Damascus.

But St. Stephen says, Acts 7:43, beyond Babylon; because the Holy Spirit that was in him chose to extend the meaning of the original text to that great and final captivity of the Jews in general, when Zedekiah, their last king, and the people of Judea, were carried into Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Media; see 2 Kings 17:7, 2 Kings 17:24. This captivity happened after the time of Amos.

Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

Amos 5:27

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.