Āmósīshū 5:21

21 Wǒ yànwù nǐmen de jiéqī , yĕ bú xǐyuè nǐmen de yán sù huì .

Āmósīshū 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 ) .

Āmósīshū 5:21 In-Context

19 Jǐngkuàng hǎoxiàng rén duǒbì shīzi yòu yùjiàn xióng . huò shì jìn fángwū yǐ shǒu kào qiáng , jiù beì shé yǎo .
20 Yēhéhuá de rìzi , bú shì hēiàn méiyǒu guāngmíng ma . bú shì yōuàn haó wú guāng huī ma .
21 Wǒ yànwù nǐmen de jiéqī , yĕ bú xǐyuè nǐmen de yán sù huì .
22 Nǐmen suīrán xiàng wǒ xiàn Fánjì , hé sù jì , wǒ què bù yuènà . yĕ bú gù nǐmen yòng féi chù xiàn de píngān jì .
23 Yào shǐ nǐmen gē chàng de shēngyīn yuǎn lí wǒ . yīnwei wǒ bú tīng nǐmen tán qín de xiǎngshēng .
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