Amos 5:24
But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.
25Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
Amos 5:14Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.
Mark 12:32And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and there is no other besides 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 →