Amos 5:21
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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.
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
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Read in contextProverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:31
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:20
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Read in contextProverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Read in contextHosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
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