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Amos 5:22

American Standard Version 2015

Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

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He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, {\i as he that offereth} swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,\par\tab And will call upon the name of Jehovah.

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me;\par\tab And to him that ordereth his way {\i aright}\par\tab Will I show the salvation of God.\par

And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah.

Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in;\par\tab Mine ears hast thou opened:\par\tab Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination:\par\tab How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah;\par\tab But the prayer of the upright is his delight.




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