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Amos 5:21

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5:21“I absolutely despise57 your festivals!

I get no pleasure58 from your religious assemblies!

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Footnotes

  1. 57 Heb “I hate”; “I despise.”
  2. 58 Heb “I will not smell.” These verses are full of vivid descriptions of the Lord’s total rejection of Israelite worship. In the first half of this verse two verbs are used together for emphasis. Here the verb alludes to the sense of smell, a fitting observation since offerings would have been burned on the altar ideally to provide a sweet aroma to God (see, e.g., Lev 1:9, 13, 17; Num 29:36). Other senses that are mentioned include sight and hearing in vv. 22–23.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I hate, I despise your feasts,

and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I hate, I despise your religious festivals;

your assemblies are a stench to me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I hate, I despise, your feasts!

I can’t stand the stench

of your solemn assemblies.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I hate all your show and pretense—

the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your assemblies.

KJV 1900King James Version

I hate, I despise your feast days,

And I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.