Amos 5:21

Integrity Praise and worship

¹⁹ It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

²⁰ Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

²² Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

²³ Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
KJV: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
WEB: I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
ASV: I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
DARBY: I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.
BLB: “I hate—I despise—your⁺ feast s, and I do not savor in your⁺ solemn assemblies!

ÅB: Jeg hater og forakter deres høytider, og jeg har ikke behag i deres festforsamlinger;
OTB: "Jeg hater, jeg forakter deres høytider;
deres forsamlinger er en stank for meg.
B1930: Jeg hater og forakter eders høitider, og jeg har ikke behag i eders festforsamlinger;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 1:11–16
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
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Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
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Leviticus 26:31
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
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Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
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Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
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Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
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Hosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
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Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
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