Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Amos 5:21 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Amos 5:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. in: or, your holy days”
Amos 5:21 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 5:21
God's shocking rejection of worship: "I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies." The Hebrew sane' (hate) and ma'as (despise/reject) are strong terms—not mild disapproval but visceral repudiation. "Your feast days"—the festivals God Himself commanded (Leviticus 23)—are now rejected. "I will not smell" refers to sacrifices—God won't accept the aroma. Verse 22 continues: "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." No sacrifice—burnt offering (total conse...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 5:21
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“even his prayer is an abomination.”
“and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation”
“as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering”
“and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable”
“but the prayer of the upright is his delight.”
“they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity”
“when he brings it with a wicked mind!”
“I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.,And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.,וַיָּרַח יְהוָה אֶת־רֵיחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־לִבּוֹ לֹא־אֹסִף לְקַלֵּל עוֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּר הָאָדָם כִּי יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע מִנְּעֻרָיו וְלֹא־אֹסִף עוֹד לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַי כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי׃ ,And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living”