Amós 5:21

21 «Odio todos sus grandes alardes y pretensiones,
la hipocresía de sus festivales religiosos y asambleas solemnes.

Amós 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:21

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 1:11-14 ) .

Amós 5:21 In-Context

19 En ese día ustedes serán como un hombre que huye de un león,
solo para encontrarse con un oso.
Y, al escapar del oso, apoya su mano contra una pared en su casa
y lo muerde una serpiente.

20 Así es, el día del Señor
será oscuro y sin remedio,
sin un rayo de alegría ni esperanza.

21 «Odio todos sus grandes alardes y pretensiones,
la hipocresía de sus festivales religiosos y asambleas solemnes.

22 No aceptaré sus ofrendas quemadas ni sus ofrendas de grano.
Ni siquiera prestaré atención a sus ofrendas selectas de paz.

23 ¡Fuera de aquí con sus ruidosos himnos de alabanza!
No escucharé la música de sus arpas.