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II. Prophetic messages that Amos delivered 1:3--6:14 >
B. Messages of Judgment against Israel chs. 3-6 >
4. The fourth message on unacceptable worship 5:18-27 >
Because of this hypocritical worship, Yahweh, the God of armies, promised that the Israelites would go into exile beyond Damascus. They did go into exile in Assyria, to the northeast of Damascus, after 722 B.C. (cf. 4:3).
"The horror of exile' was more than the ruin of defeat and the shame of capture. For Israel, it meant being removed from the land of promise, the land of God's presence. Exile, in effect, was excommunication."59
