Amos

Amos 5:21–27

21“I hate, I despise your feasts!

I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

22Even 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.

23Take away from Me the noise of your songs!

I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24But let justice roll on like a river,

and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings

forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

26You have taken along Sakkuth your king

and Kaiwan your star god,b

the idols you made for yourselves.

27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,”c

says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

Footnotes

  • b 5:26 LXX You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan
  • c 5:27 Cited in Acts 7:42–43|ACT 7:42-43

Read all of Amos 5

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Amos 5:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I hateשָׂנֵ֥אתִיśā·nê·ṯîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH8130 hate
I despiseמָאַ֖סְתִּיmā·’as·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH3988 reject
your feastsחַגֵּיכֶ֑םḥag·gê·ḵemNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH2282 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast
I cannotוְלֹ֥אwə·lōConjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
stand the stenchאָרִ֖יחַ’ā·rî·aḥVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singularH7306 smell, perceive odour
of your solemn assembliesבְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃bə·‘aṣ·ṣə·rō·ṯê·ḵemPreposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH6116 assembly

Amos 5:22

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Evenכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
thoughאִם־’im-ConjunctionH518 if
you offerתַּעֲלוּ־ta·‘ă·lū-Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralH5927 go up, ascend, climb
Meלִ֥יlîPreposition; first person common singular
burnt offeringsעֹל֛וֹת‘ō·lō·wṯNoun - feminine pluralH5930 whole burnt-offering
and grain offeringsוּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶ֖םū·min·ḥō·ṯê·ḵemConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH4503 gift, tribute, offering
I will notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
accept themאֶרְצֶ֑ה’er·ṣehVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH7521 be pleased with, accept favourably
for your peace offeringsוְשֶׁ֥לֶםwə·še·lemConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular constructH8002 sacrifice for alliance or friendship, 'peace-offering'
of fattened cattleמְרִיאֵיכֶ֖םmə·rî·’ê·ḵemNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH4806 fatling, fatlings
I will have noלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
regardאַבִּֽיט׃’ab·bîṭVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singularH5027 look

Amos 5:23

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Take awayהָסֵ֥רhā·sêrVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularH5493 turn aside
from Meמֵעָלַ֖יmê·‘ā·layPreposition-m; first person common singularH5921 height
the noiseהֲמ֣וֹןhă·mō·wnNoun - masculine singular constructH1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
of your songsשִׁרֶ֑יךָši·re·ḵāNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH7892 song
I will notלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
listenאֶשְׁמָֽע׃’eš·mā‘Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH8085 hear
to the musicוְזִמְרַ֥תwə·zim·raṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular constructH2172 melody, song
of your harpsנְבָלֶ֖יךָnə·ḇā·le·ḵāNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH5035 skin-bottle, skin

Amos 5:24

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
But let justiceמִשְׁפָּ֑טmiš·pāṭNoun - masculine singularH4941 judgment
roll onוְיִגַּ֥לwə·yig·galConjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularH1556 roll, roll away
like a riverכַּמַּ֖יִםkam·ma·yimPreposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine pluralH4325 water, juice, urine
and righteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הū·ṣə·ḏā·qāhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH6666 righteousness
like an ever-flowingאֵיתָֽן׃’ê·ṯānAdjective - masculine singularH386 perennial, ever-flowing
streamכְּנַ֥חַלkə·na·ḥalPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady

Amos 5:25

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Did you bringהִֽגַּשְׁתֶּם־hig·gaš·tem-Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine pluralH5066 draw near, approach
Meלִ֧יlîPreposition; first person common singular
sacrificesהַזְּבָחִ֨יםhaz·zə·ḇā·ḥîmArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH2077 sacrifice
and offeringsוּמִנְחָ֜הū·min·ḥāhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH4503 gift, tribute, offering
fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים’ar·bā·‘îmNumber - common pluralH705 forty
yearsשָׁנָ֖הšā·nāhNoun - feminine singularH8141 year
in the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּ֛רḇam·miḏ·bārPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4057 mouth
O houseבֵּ֥יתbêṯNoun - masculine singular constructH1004 house
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yiś·rā·’êlNoun - proper - masculine singularH3478 Israel

Amos 5:26

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You have taken alongוּנְשָׂאתֶ֗םū·nə·śā·ṯemConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine pluralH5375 lift, take, carry
Sakkuthסִכּ֣וּתsik·kūṯNoun - proper - masculine singularH5522 booth
your kingמַלְכְּכֶ֔םmal·kə·ḵemNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine pluralH4428 king
and Kaiwanכִּיּ֣וּןkî·yūnNoun - proper - masculine singularH3594 statue, idol, heathen deity
your starכּוֹכַב֙kō·w·ḵaḇNoun - masculine singular constructH3556 star
godאֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵemNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH430 God
the idolsצַלְמֵיכֶ֑םṣal·mê·ḵemNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH6754 image
you madeעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם‘ă·śî·ṯemVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralH6213 do, make
for yourselvesלָכֶֽם׃lā·ḵemPreposition; second person masculine plural

Amos 5:27

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Therefore I will send you into exileוְהִגְלֵיתִ֥יwə·hiḡ·lê·ṯîConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularH1540 uncover, remove
beyondמֵהָ֣לְאָהmê·hā·lə·’āhPreposition-m; AdverbH1973 out there, onwards, further
Damascusלְדַמָּ֑שֶׂקlə·ḏam·mā·śeqPreposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singularH1834 Damascus
saysאָמַ֛ר’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
whose nameשְׁמֽוֹ׃פšə·mōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH8034 name
the Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־’ĕ·lō·hê-Noun - masculine plural constructH430 God
of Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Amos 5:21 Isaiah 1:11–16 · Proverbs 28:9 · Leviticus 26:31 · Isaiah 66:3 · Jeremiah 6:20 · Proverbs 15:8 · Hosea 8:13 · Genesis 8:21 · Matthew 23:13 · Proverbs 21:27 · Ephesians 5:2

Amos 5:22 Micah 6:6–7 · Amos 4:4–5 · Isaiah 66:3 · Leviticus 7:12–15

Amos 5:23 Amos 6:5 · Amos 8:10 · Amos 8:3

Amos 5:24 Micah 6:8 · Jeremiah 22:3 · Proverbs 21:3 · Mark 12:32–34 · Hosea 6:6 · Amos 5:14–15 · Job 29:12–17 · Amos 5:7

Amos 5:25 Acts 7:42–43 · Nehemiah 9:18 · Ezekiel 20:8 · Joshua 24:14 · Ezekiel 20:16 · Leviticus 17:7 · Nehemiah 9:21 · Hosea 9:9–10 · Ezekiel 20:24 · Deuteronomy 32:17–19

Amos 5:26 2 Kings 23:12–13 · Leviticus 20:2–5 · 1 Kings 11:33 · Leviticus 18:21

Amos 5:27 2 Kings 17:6 · Acts 7:43 · Amos 4:13

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.