Amos 5:22

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Modern

Even 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.

Traditional

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Literal

Even though burnt offerings and grain offerings you send up to Me, l will not accept them, and the peace offering of your fatlings I will not regard.

Latin

Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra, non suscipiam; et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Even 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.

Notes

Amos 5:22

God would not accept the Israelites’ offerings. These offerings were attempts to control God through ritual actions, rather than true signs of repentance and faith (see Leviticus 1–6).

Amos 5:21–27

Amos again confronts the religious hypocrisy and spiritual unfaithfulness of the Israelites. They practiced worship outwardly, but their lives did not match faithfulness to God (see Amos 4:4–5; Isaiah 1:10–20).

Amos 5:18–6:14

The pronouncements of sorrow in this section develop two main themes:

Israel’s apostasy (turning away from God) would make the day of the Lord a day of judgment, not salvation; and
Judah’s spiritual complacency (feeling satisfied and unconcerned about faithfulness to God) would also bring judgment.

Theme notes and profiles

James, Brother of Jesus God’s Justice Religious Hypocrisy The Day of the Lord What Is Good

Events

Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

Micah 6:6–7
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
Amos 4:4–5
“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
Isaiah 66:3
Whoever 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 like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Leviticus 7:12–15
If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
Psalm 50:23
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalm 50:8–14
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
Psalm 107:21–22
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Psalm 116:17
I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

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