Amos 5:21-27
World English Bible
21 I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings,
I will not accept them;
neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 But let justice roll on like rivers,
and righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel? 26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of 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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