Amos 5:24
But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In Context
23Remove from me the sound of thy songs, and I will not hear the music of thine instruments.
25Have ye offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:3To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
Hosea 6:6For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.
Amos 5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,
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 →