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21 “I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts, And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 “Even though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals. 23 “Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]! I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps. 24 “But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly]. 25 “Did you bring Me sacrifices and grain offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? [Certainly not!] 26 You carried along your king Sikkuth and Kayyun [your man-made gods of Saturn], your images of your star-god which you made for yourselves [but you brought Me none of the appointed sacrifices]. 27 Therefore, I will send you to go into exile far beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts. Amos 5:21-27, Amplified Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation.
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