25. Perhaps this verse is a reference to the false worship that takes place in Israel, outside of Jerusalem.
Amos asks Israel if, when they offered sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness, they offered those sacrifices to the LORD. Probably they assumed that they did.
26. But the LORD tells them that the people of Israel at that time were not offering sacrifices to the LORD at all, but to other gods: Sikkuth and Kiyyun. Even back then, the people of Israel turned away from the one true God and worshiped other gods.
27. For this false worship, the LORD will send Israel into exile, beyond Damascus. Many will die and many will be scattered.
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