Amos 5:21-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.(A)
22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.(B)
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(C)
25 Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?(D) 26 You shall take up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, your images,[a] which you made for yourselves; 27 therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.(E)
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- 5.26 Heb your images, your star god
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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