Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your festivals,—and can scent no fragrance in your solemn feasts.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31And I will give your cities unto desolation, And make your holy places dumb,—And will find no fragrance in your satisfying odour;
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the lawless, is an abomination, how much more, when, with wickedness, he bringeth it in!
Isaiah 1:11Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices: Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts,—In the blood of bulls and young rams and he-goats, have I no pleasure.
Isaiah 66:3He that slaughtereth an ox, [is as one] who smiteth a man, He that sacrificeth a lamb, [is as one] who beheadeth a dog, he that causeth a meal-offering to ascend, offereth it with the blood of swine, He that maketh a memorial of frankincense, [is as one] who blesseth iniquity: They indeed, have chosen their own ways, And in their own abominations, their soul hath found delight;
Jeremiah 7:21Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel,—Your ascending-offerings, add ye unto your peace-offerings and eat ye flesh.
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 →