Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,
says the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
All Commentaries on Amos 5:27 Go To Amos 5
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Damascus, or Babylon, (Acts vii.) into Mesopotamia The sense is the same. (Calmet)
When the apostles quote passages, "they do not consider the words but the sense. "(St. Jerome)
One Greek copy, however, has Damascus in the Acts. (Haydock)
