Amos 5:21-27
New Living Translation
21 “I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
22 I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
23 Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
25 “Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel? 26 No, you served your pagan gods—Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god—the images you made for yourselves. 27 So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus,[a]” says the Lord, whose name is the God of Heaven’s Armies.
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Amos 5:21-27
International Standard Version
Let Justice Roll On
21 “I hate—I despise—your festival days,
and your solemn convocations stink.[a]
22 And[b] if you send up burnt offerings to me
as well as your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle.
23 Spare me your noisy singing—
I will not listen to your musical instruments.[c]
24 “But let justice roll on like many[d] waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.
25 “Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts
in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?
26 And you carried the tent of your king[e]—
and Saturn,[f] your star god idols[g] that you crafted for yourselves.
27 So I will cause you to be taken captive beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord,
whose name is God of the Heavenly Armies.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:21 Lit. and I smell no pleasant scent in your solemn assemblies
- Amos 5:22 Lit. Because
- Amos 5:23 I.e. a stringed instrument such as a harp or lyre
- Amos 5:24 The Heb. lacks many
- Amos 5:26 LXX reads of Moloch; MT reads carried Sikkuth your king
- Amos 5:26 Lit. and Kiyyun
- Amos 5:26 So MT; LXX reads and the star of your God Raiphan, the images
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