21 “I hate, I (A)reject your festivals,
Nor do I [a](B)delight in your festive assemblies.
22 Even though you (C)offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the (D)peace offerings of your fattened oxen.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
24 But let (E)justice roll out like waters,
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25 [b](F)Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel? 26 (G)You also carried along [c]Sikkuth your king and [d]Kiyyun, your images, [e]the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:21 Lit like to smell your
  2. Amos 5:25 Or You presented Me with the sacrifices and a grain offering
  3. Amos 5:26 Or Sakkuth (Saturn), or the tabernacle of your Moloch
  4. Amos 5:26 Or Kaiwan (Saturn), or stands of
  5. Amos 5:26 Or your star gods

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