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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Amos 5:21
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"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies.
I hate, I despise, your feasts!I can’t stand the stenchof your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, And I can't stand your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.
"I hate your festivals; I will not accept them. I don't enjoy your religious meetings.
"I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts, And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
I, the Lord , hate and despise your religious celebrations and your times of worship.
"I hate, I utterly loathe your festivals; I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feast dayes, and I will not smell in your solemne assemblies.
I hate, I abhorre your feast dayes, and I will not smell in your solemne assemblies.
I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell your meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
"I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feast days; and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies.
The Lord says, "I hate and reject your feasts; I cannot stand your religious meetings.
"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!
"I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
"I hate all your show and pretense— the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
"I hate your special suppers. I will have nothing to do with them. And I am not pleased with your religious meetings.
I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell the savor of your solemn assemblies.
The Lord says, "I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
Y hatide and castide awei youre feeste daies, and Y schal not take the odour of youre cumpenyes.
I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
I hate, I despise your feasts, And I can't stand your solemn assemblies.
"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.
"I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your festive assemblies.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes, ad where as ye cense me when ye come together I will not accepte it.
"I can't stand your religious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.
"I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
"I hate, I reject your feasts,Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hate: Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:11-16, Isaiah 66:3, Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 7:21-23, Hosea 8:13, Matthew 23:14
I will: Genesis 8:21, Leviticus 26:31, Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
smell in your solemn assemblies: or, smell your holy days
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 4:3 - it may save 1 Samuel 15:22 - Hath the Lord Psalms 51:16 - delightest Psalms 51:17 - thou Isaiah 1:14 - my soul Isaiah 43:23 - honoured Isaiah 61:8 - I hate Hosea 2:11 - her feast Hosea 5:6 - they Hosea 6:6 - I desired Malachi 1:10 - I have Malachi 1:13 - should I accept Matthew 5:23 - thou Mark 12:33 - is more Luke 16:15 - for John 18:28 - and they Acts 17:25 - is 1 Timothy 4:8 - bodily Hebrews 10:4 - not Hebrews 10:5 - Sacrifice
Cross-References
of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared, - of Mahalaleel, of Cainan:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I hate, I despise your feast days,.... Kimchi thinks this is said, and what follows, with respect to the kingdom of the house of Judah, which kept the feast the Lord commanded; but it is not necessary so to understand it; for doubtless the ten tribes imitated the worship at Jerusalem, and kept the feasts as the Jews did there, in the observance of which they trusted; but the Lord rejects their vain confidence, and lets them know that these were no ways acceptable to him; and were so far from atoning for their sins, that they were hated, abhorred, and despised by him, being observed in such a manner and with such a view as they were;
and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies; a sweet savour of rest, as in Genesis 8:21; take no pleasure in their duties and services performed, in their solemn assemblies convened together for religious purposes, nor accept of them; but, on the contrary, dislike and abhor them; see Isaiah 1:11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I hate, I despise your feasts - Israel clave to its heartâs sin, the worship of the true God, under the idol-form of the calf; else, it would fain be conscientious and scrupulous. It had its âfeastsâ of solemn âjoyâ and the ârestraintâ of its âsolemn assembliesâ , which all were constrained to keep, abstaining from all servile work. They offered âwhole burnt offerings,â the token of self-sacrifice, in which the sacrificer retained nothing to himself, but gave the whole freely to God. They offered also âpeace offerings,â as tokens of the willing thankfulness of souls at peace with God. What they offered, was the best of its kind, âfatted beasts.â Hymns of praise, full-toned chorus, instrumental music! What was missing, Israel thought, to secure them the favor of God? Love and obedience. âIf ye love Me, keep My commandments.â And so those things, whereby they hoped to propitiate God, were the object of His displeasure. âI hate, I despise, I will not acceptâ with good pleasure; âI will not regard,â look toward, âI will not hear, will not smell.â The words, âI will not smell,â reminded them of that threat in the lawâ Leviticus 26:31, âI will make your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.â In so many ways does God declare that He would not accept or endure, what they all the while were building upon, as grounds of their acceptance. And yet so secure were they, that the only sacrifice which they did not offer, was the sin or trespass offering. Worshiping ânature,â not a holy, Personal, God, they had no sense of unholiness, for which to plead the Atoning Sacrifice to come. Truly each Day of Judgment unveils much self-deceit. How much more the Last!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 5:21. I hate, I despise your feast days — I abominate those sacrificial festivals where there is no piety, and I despise them because they pretend to be what they are not. This may refer to the three annual festivals which were still observed in a certain way among the Israelites.
