Amos 5:21
“I hate, I despise your festivals, 1 I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
In Context
20Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness and not light? 1 Gloom and no brightness? 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31I will turn your cities into ruins and destroy your sanctuaries. I will not be pleased with the aroma of your offerings.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable; 1 it is even more detestable when he brings it with evil motives. 1
Isaiah 1:11“What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?” says Yahweh. 1 “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts; 1 and in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats I do not delight. 1
Isaiah 66:3He who slaughters an ox also murders a man; he who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; 1 he who offers a grain offering offers swine's blood; he who offers a memorial of incense also blesses wickedness. 1 They have chosen their own ways, and they take pleasure in their abominations. 1
Jeremiah 7:21Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel says this, 'Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and the meat from them.
Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.
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 →