Amos 5:22
Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Has LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Psalms 50:23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me. And to him who orders his way [aright] I will show the salvation of God.
Psalms 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of LORD.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!
Amos 4:4Come to Bethel and transgress, to Gilgal [and] multiply transgression. And bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes every three days.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:22-27
Hypocritical Services Rejected; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me… Read the whole commentary →