Amos 5:22
I will not be pleased with your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, I will not accept the peace offerings of your fattened calves.
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In Context
21I hate, I despise your feasts, I will not smell the savor of your festivals,
23Spare me the noise of your songs, I will not listen to the melody of your lyres.
Cross References
Psalms 50:23Those who bring a thank-offering honor me; but to those who follow my way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 116:17I will offer to you a thank-offering, and call on the name of the Lord.
Amos 4:4Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgald increase your transgression. Bring your sacrifices in the morning, every third day your tithes!
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 →