Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your chagim (religious festivals), 1 and I do not savor your atzerot (solemn assemblies). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
In Context
20Shall not the Yom Hashem be choshech, and not ohr? 1 Even very dark, and no brightness in it? 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31And I will turn your cities into ruins, and bring mikdesheichem (your sanctuaries) unto desolation, and I will not take delight in your re'ach nicho'ach.
Proverbs 21:27The zevach of the resha'im is to'evah (detestable, abomination); 1 how much more, when he bringeth it with zimmah (evil intent). 1
Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude 1 of your zevakhim unto Me? saith Hashem; 1 I am fed up of the olot (burnt offerings) of rams, 1 and the fat of fed beasts; 1 and I delight not in the dahm of bulls, 1 or of lambs, or of goats. 1
Isaiah 66:3He that slaughtereth the bull 1 is the slayer of a man; 1 he that sacrificeth a seh, 1 is a strangler of dogs; 1 he that offereth a minchah, 1 it is dahm chazir; 1 he that burneth incense, 1 blesseth idols. 1 As they have chosen their own ways, 1 and their nefesh delighteth in their shikkutzim (abominations), 1
Jeremiah 7:21Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, Elohei Yisroel; Add your olot unto your zevakhim, and eat basar.
Matthew 23:13But oy to you, Sofrim and Perushim, tzevuim (hypocrites), for in front of Bnei Adam you shut the Malchut HaShomayim. You do not go in yourselves, and the ones entering, you do not permit to enter.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:17-21
Threatenings and Reproofs. ( b. c. 790.) 16 Therefore the Lord , the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord . 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man… Read the whole commentary →