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Evenכִּיifאִםyou offerתַּעֲלוּmeלִיburnt offeringsעֹלוֹתand your grain offerings,וּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶםI will notלֹאaccept them;אֶרְצֶהand the peace offeringsוְשֶׁלֶםof your fattened animalsמְרִיאֵיכֶםI will notלֹאlook at.אַבִּיט
Amos 5:22
Study it in the app“Even if you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals I will not look at.”
God rejects feasts and songs if justice and right do not flowPraise and worshipGod rejects feasts and songs while justice is missing: let it flow like a streamJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:22, word by word
- you offerתַּעֲלוּtaalu
offer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “taalu” appears- burnt offeringsעֹלוֹתolot
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olot” appears- and your grain offeringsמִנְחֹתֵיminchote
grain offering
The grain offering.
Where else “minchote” appears- accept themאֶרְצֶהertse
accept
To gladly receive an offering or someone.
Where else “ertse” appears- and the peace offeringsשֶׁלֶםshelem
peace offerings
Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).
Where else “shelem” appears- of your fattened animalsמְרִיאֵיmerie
fatted animal
Fatted animal: a beast fattened for a meal or a special sacrifice.
Where else “merie” appears- look atאַבִּיטabit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “abit” appears
The context
21I hate, I reject your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 · This verse (above)
23Take away from me the noise of your songs, and the melody of your harps I will not hear.