Amos 5:21-27 - The Lord Rejects Israel's Worship
21 "I hate I despise your festival days, and your solemn convocations stink. 22 And if you send up burnt offerings to me as well as your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle. 23 Spare me your noisy singing I will not listen to your musical instruments. 24 "But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.
25 "Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel? 26 And you carried the tent of your king and Saturn, your star god idols that you crafted for yourselves. 27 So I will cause you to be taken captive beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is God of the Heavenly Armies.