Amos 5:25 (YLT)

Passage

Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Nearby Context

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.

Amos 5:25 Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.

Amos 5:27 And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sacrifices", "offering", "bring", "nigh", "wilderness", "forty", "years", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sacrifices" and "offering", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And roll on as waters doth judgment..." into verse 26's "And ye bare Succoth your king and...", so "sacrifices" and "offering" 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 "sacrifices" and "offering" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.