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Amos 5:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Amos 5:21

Verse 21 of 27

Scripture focus

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 5:21

Theological / Devotional

I hate. Faithfulness in the mere externals of religion will not win divine favor in the time of judgment. Worship can no more be evaluated merely by the order and beauty of its outward form than can the dietary value of a fruit be determined merely by its size and color.

Feast days. In view of their evil lives, these feasts were but an expression of Israel’s hypocrisy (see on Isa. 1:11—15).

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