Amos 5:19–27
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?↗
26You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.↗
27Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Armies.↗
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