Amos 5:22
Though ye offer me burnt offrings and meat offrings, I wil not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offrings of your fat beasts.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
21I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne assemblies.
23Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.
Psalms 50:23He that offereth praise, shall glorifie mee: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I shew the saluation of God.
Psalms 116:17I will offer to thee a sacrifice of prayse, and will call vpon the Name of the Lord.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
Amos 4:4Come to Beth-el, and transgresse: to Gilgal, and multiplie transgression, and bring your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes after three yeres.
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 →