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.

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

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