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Amos 5:19-27
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It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear. He enters his house and rests his hand on a wall only to be bitten by a snake.
20
The day of the LORD will be dark, not light. It will be very black. There won't be a ray of sunlight anywhere.
21
The LORD says, "I hate your holy feasts. I can't stand them. I hate it when you gather together.
22
You bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. You bring your best friendship offerings. But I will not even look at them.
23
Take the noise of your songs away! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24
I want you to treat others fairly. So let fair treatment roll on just as a river does! Always do what is right. Let right living flow along like a stream that never runs dry!
25
"People of Israel, did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for 40 years in the desert?
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Yes. But you have honored the place where your king worshiped other gods. You have carried the stands the statues of your gods were on. You have lifted up the banners of the stars you worship as gods. You made all of those things for yourselves.
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So I will send you away as prisoners beyond Damascus," says the Lord. His name is God Who Rules Over All.
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Amos 5:19-27 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 5
In this chapter the prophet exhorts Israel to hear his lamentation over them for their impending ruin, Am 5:1-3; nevertheless to seek the Lord, and all that is good; to forsake their idols, and repent of their sins, in hopes of finding mercy, and living comfortably; or otherwise they must expect the wrath of God for their iniquities, especially their oppression of the poor, Am 5:4-15; otherwise it would be a time of weeping and wailing, of darkness and distress, however they might harden or flatter themselves, or make a jest of it, Am 5:16-20; for all their sacrifices and ceremonial worship would signify nothing, so long as they continued their idolatry with them Am 5:21-26; and therefore should surely go into captivity, Am 5:27.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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