Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Amos 5:25
King James Version (public domain)
Traditionally attributed to Amos · 8th century BC · Shepherd and minor prophet
Context
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.