Amos 5:21-24
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Though you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals. Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a never-failing stream.”
Amos, an eighth-century BCE prophet from Judah, delivers a strong message to the northern kingdom of Israel. He criticizes their social injustices, corruption, and empty religious practices, warning of impending judgment from God if they do not change their ways.
What does this passage reveal about how our actions outside of designated religious spaces connect to our expressions of faith?