Amos 5:22 (KJV)

Passage

Though 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.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:22 Though 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.

Amos 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Amos 5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "though", "offer", "burnt", "offerings", "meat", "accept", and "neither". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "though" and "offer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "I hate I despise your feast days..." into verse 23's "Take thou away from me the noise...", so "though" and "offer" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "though" and "offer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.