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Amos 5:21

Verse 21 of 27. The 5th of 9 chapters in Amos, in The Minor Prophets.

17In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD.

18“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.

19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

20Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

22Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

23Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

25“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.