Amos 5:21

In 11 translations

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.in…: or, your holy days

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.

LSV

“I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, || And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

YLT

I have hated — I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

DBY

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.

DRC

I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.

GNV

I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smelll in your solemne assemblies.

JPS

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

LXXE

I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell your meat-offerings in your general assemblies.

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WLC

שָׂנֵ֥אתִי מָאַ֖סְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֥א אָרִ֖יחַ בְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Μεμίσηκα, ἀπῶσμαι ἑορτὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὀσφρανθῶ θυσίας ἐν ταῖς πανηγύρεσιν ὑμῶν.

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• 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. When you come…
• Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• Leviticus 26:31I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
• Isaiah 66:3Whoever 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…
• Jeremiah 6:20What 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.”
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Hosea 8:13Though 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.
• Genesis 8:21When 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…
• Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
• Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
• Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• Jeremiah 7:21–23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command…

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