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Amos 5:21

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¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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  1. Isaiah 1:11–16Rank 1 from verse 21
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    11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full 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.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

  2. Proverbs 28:9Rank 2 from verse 21
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    9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

  3. Leviticus 26:31Rank 3 from verse 21
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    31And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

  4. Isaiah 66:3Rank 4 from verse 21
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    3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

  5. Jeremiah 6:20Rank 5 from verse 21
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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

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Amos 5:21

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

feast

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Sense 1: A large or special meal, often connected with an appointed celebration. Sense 2: As a verb, to eat or entertain at such a meal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

smell

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Sense 1: Scent or odor. Sense 2: As a verb, to perceive by the nose or to give off an odor.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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solemn

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Formally appointed or observed; sacred, grave, serious, or belonging to a set assembly, feast, or occasion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

21¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

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22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

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