Amos 5:22 (YLT)

Passage

For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:20 Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

Amos 5:21 I have hated--I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

Amos 5:22 For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

Amos 5:23 Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.

Amos 5:24 And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "though", "cause", "burnt-offerings", "presents", "ascend", "pleased", "peace-offering", and "fatlings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "though" and "cause", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "I have hated--I have loathed your festivals..." into verse 23's "Turn aside from Me the noise of...", so "though" and "cause" 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 "cause" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.