Amos 5:21, Hosea 2:11, Isaiah 1:14 NASB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:21-24

Amos 5:21-24. I hate and despise your feast-days This and the three following verses are the same in sense with Isaiah 1:11-16, and the other texts referred to in the margin, on which the reader is desired to consult the notes. They all show of how little signification the external rites of religion are, unless they be accompanied with living faith in, and sincere love to God, and a universal obedience to his will; or without holiness of heart and life. Take away from me the noise of thy... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:16-27

The day of the Lord (5:16-27)God’s terrible judgment will result in grief and mourning throughout the nation, in city and country areas alike (16-17). This intervention of God in judgment is commonly called the day of the Lord. Israelites thought that this day would be one of victory and rejoicing for them because their enemies would be destroyed. Amos tells them that when God acts in judgment, he will act against all the wicked, and Israel will be the first to suffer. There will be no way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:21

I hate, &c. Compare Proverbs 21:27 , Isaiah 1:11-14 .Jeremiah 6:20 . I will not smell, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:31 ) App-92 . solemn assemblies Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 23:36 . Numbers 29:35 .Deuteronomy 16:8; Deuteronomy 16:8 ). App-92 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take not delight in your solemn assemblies.God's repudiation of their worship was based upon several things: (1) It was not really the worship of God at all, but the worship of the old pagan gods they had always adored, even in the wilderness; (2) the formal services which were patterned after the commandments laid down in the Mosaic Law had been conspicuously altered and perverted by such things as: (a) the omission of the sin-offering; and (b) the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 5:21

Amos 5:21. Feast-days— Sacrifices. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:21

21. I hate, I despise—The two verbs joined without a conjunction express God's strong abhorrence. your feast days—yours; not Mine; I do not acknowledge them: unlike those in Judah, yours are of human, not divine institution. I will not smell—that is, I will take no delight in the sacrifices offered (Genesis 8:21; Leviticus 26:31). in your solemn assemblies—literally, "days of restraint." Leviticus 26:31- : is parallel. Isaiah is fuller; Amos, more condensed. Amos condemns Israel not only on the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:18-27

4. The fourth message on unacceptable worship 5:18-27This lament also has a chiastic structure. It centers on a call for individual repentance.A A description of inevitable judgment Amos 5:18-20B An accusation of religious hypocrisy Amos 5:21-22C A call for individual repentance Amos 5:23-24B’ An accusation of religious hypocrisy Amos 5:25-26A’ A description of inevitable judgment Amos 5:27 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:21

The Israelites enjoyed participating in the religious festivals and assemblies in which they professed to worship Yahweh. God had commanded the Israelites to observe several feasts and one fast each year, and these are probably the festivals in view. The feasts were Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost (also called Harvest or Weeks), Trumpets, and Tabernacles (also called Booths or Ingathering). The fast was the Day of Atonement. The first four feasts took place in the spring, and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:21-22

An accusation of religious hypocrisy 5:21-22 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-27

The Third Address1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20. Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence and judgment. 21-27. A repudiation of their attempt to please God by mere ritual.1, 2. Lamentation] a technical term for mournful poetry consisting of short lines of unequal length: here, for instance (Amos 5:2), the dirge consists of four lines, the first and third having three accents, the second and fourth two. Virgin] because, though often defeated,... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:21-24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:16-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 5:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:18-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:21-22

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-27

Group of Brands