Amos 5:24
And judgment will be revealed like water, and justice like a mighty torrent.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In Context
23Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the canticles of your lyre.
25Was it you who offered victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, house of Israel?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.
Amos 5:14Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.
Mark 12:32And the scribe said to him: Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth that there is one God, and there is no other beside him;
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 →