Amos 5:24

But let justice roll along like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

In Context

23Remove thou from around me the noise of thy songs: and the playing of thy psalteries I will not hear.

25Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and meat-offerings in the wilderness [during] forty years, O house of Israel?

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:3To exercise righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6For piety I desired, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God, more than burnt-offerings.

Amos 5:14Seek for the good, and not the evil, in order that ye may live: and so will the Lord, the God of hosts, 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 →

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