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Then give your extra voluntary offerings so you can brag about it everywhere! This is the kind of thing you Israelites love to do,” says the Sovereign LORD. <a href="/esv/amos/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/kjv/amos/4.htm">King James Bible</a> And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/nkjv/amos/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!” Says the Lord GOD. <a href="/nasb_/amos/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Offer a thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim voluntary offerings, make them known. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,” Declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/nasb/amos/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,&#8221 Declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/nasb77/amos/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,” Declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/lsb/amos/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened, And call for freewill offerings; cause them to be heard about. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,” Declares Lord Yahweh. <a href="/amp/amos/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Offer [by burning] a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, And [boastfully] proclaim freewill offerings, announce them. For this you so love to do, O children of Israel!” Says the Lord GOD. <a href="/csb/amos/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Offer leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings, for that is what you Israelites love to do! This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. <a href="/hcsb/amos/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings, for that is what you Israelites love to do! This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/amos/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah. <a href="/cev/amos/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Bring offerings to show me how thankful you are. Gladly bring more offerings than I have demanded. You really love to do this. I, the LORD God, have spoken! <a href="/erv/amos/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings and publish them: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/gwt/amos/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Burn bread as a thank offering. Brag and boast about your freewill offerings. This is what you people of Israel love to do. The Almighty LORD declares this. <a href="/gnt/amos/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Go on and offer your bread in thanksgiving to God, and brag about the extra offerings you bring! This is the kind of thing you love to do. <a href="/isv/amos/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> While you're at it, present a thank offering with leaven, and publicize your freewill offerings, letting everyone hear about it, because this is what you really love to do, you Israelis," declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/msb/amos/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,? declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/net/amos/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites." The sovereign LORD is speaking! <a href="/nheb/amos/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the Lord GOD. <a href="/wbt/amos/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free-offerings: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/web/amos/4.htm">World English Bible</a> offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them; for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And burn a thank-offering with leaven as incense, "" And proclaim willing gifts, sound! For so you have loved, O sons of Israel,” "" A declaration of Lord YHWH. <a href="/ylt/amos/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. <a href="/slt/amos/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And burn incense from leaven, a thanksgiving, and call; cause the free will offerings to be heard: for thus ye loved ye sons of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven: and call free offerings, and proclaim it: for so you would do, O children of Israel, saith the Lord God. <a href="/cpdv/amos/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven. And call for voluntary oblations, and announce it. For such is your will, sons of Israel, says the Lord God. <a href="/nabre/amos/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Burn leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice, proclaim publicly your voluntary offerings, For so you love to do, Israelites— oracle of the Lord GOD. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> bring a thank offering of leavened bread, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel! says the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leavened bread, and vow your vows and fulfill them; for thus you have loved to do, O children of Israel, says the LORD God. <a href="/hpbt/amos/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And offer up leavened bread of thanksgiving and vow vows and fulfill them, for thus you have loved, children of Israel, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, And proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them; For so ye love to do, O ye children of Israel, Saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/sep/amos/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they read the law without, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, saith the Lord. <a href="/parallel/amos/4-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=571" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Punishment Brings No Repentance</a> …4“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. 5<a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: wə·qaṭ·ṭêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-InfAbs) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">Offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2557.htm" title="2557: mê·ḥā·mêṣ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- That which is leavened. From chamets; ferment, extortion.">leavened bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/8426.htm" title="8426: tō·w·ḏāh (N-fs) -- From yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. avowal, or adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers.">as a thank offering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wə·qir·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and loudly</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: haš·mî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">proclaim</a> <a href="/hebrew/5071.htm" title="5071: nə·ḏā·ḇō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Voluntariness, freewill offering. From nadab; properly spontaneity, or spontaneous; also a spontaneous or abundant gift.">your freewill offerings.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">that is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">you children</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ă·haḇ·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">love to do,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD.</a> 6“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a> “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a> For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a> With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a> But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” <a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a> If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8-14</a> I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. / I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, / for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a> and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-8</a> Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ... <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1-5</a> “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. / For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. ... <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/1_corinthians/13-3.htm">1 Corinthians 13:3</a> If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a> Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this likes you, O you children of Israel, said the Lord GOD.offer a sacrifice.<a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Leviticus 7:12,13</a> If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried… <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17</a> Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.proclaim.<a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Leviticus 22:18-21</a> Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; … <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6,7</a> And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: … <a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Matthew 6:2</a> Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.for.<a href="/psalms/81-12.htm">Psalm 81:12</a> So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.<a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9,13,14</a> But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men… <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.this liketh you.<a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1,10</a> Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/4-3.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Brag</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Free</a> <a href="/exodus/36-3.htm">Free-Offerings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Freewill</a> <a href="/psalms/119-108.htm">Freewill-Offerings</a> <a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Leavened</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">News</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/daniel/11-36.htm">Pleases</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-3.htm">Pleaseth</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-24.htm">Praise-Offering</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Publicly</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Publish</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/amos/4-2.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/daniel/2-23.htm">Thank</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Thank-Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Thanksgiving</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Voluntary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Willing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/romans/2-23.htm">Brag</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/micah/6-4.htm">Free</a> <a href="/exodus/36-3.htm">Free-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/35-29.htm">Freewill</a> <a href="/exodus/36-3.htm">Freewill-Offerings</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/amos/4-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/amos/9-7.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Leavened</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-1.htm">News</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/amos/5-25.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Pleases</a> <a href="/genesis/16-6.htm">Pleaseth</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Praise-Offering</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/matthew/1-19.htm">Publicly</a> <a href="/matthew/10-27.htm">Publish</a> <a href="/jonah/1-16.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/amos/5-23.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/amos/5-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Thank</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Thank-Offering</a> <a href="/jonah/2-9.htm">Thanksgiving</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Voluntary</a> <a href="/matthew/1-19.htm">Willing</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 4</div>1. <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">He reproves Israel for oppression,</a> 4. <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">for idolatry,</a> 6. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">and for their incorrigibleness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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However, leavened bread was allowed in certain thanksgiving offerings (<a href="/leviticus/7-13.htm">Leviticus 7:13</a>). The use of leavened bread here highlights the Israelites' deviation from prescribed worship practices, indicating a superficial religiosity rather than genuine devotion. This reflects a broader theme in Amos, where God critiques Israel's empty rituals and calls for true justice and righteousness (<a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a>).and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings Freewill offerings were voluntary and meant to express gratitude and devotion to God (<a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Leviticus 22:18-23</a>). The emphasis on "loudly proclaim" suggests a performative aspect to their worship, where the Israelites were more concerned with public display than sincere worship. This mirrors Jesus' criticism of the Pharisees, who performed religious acts for show (<a href="/matthew/6.htm">Matthew 6:1-5</a>). The Israelites' actions reveal a heart issue, prioritizing human approval over divine approval.For that is what you children of Israel love to do” This phrase underscores the Israelites' misplaced priorities, where they find satisfaction in ritualistic practices rather than in a genuine relationship with God. It reflects a recurring biblical theme where God's people are warned against loving the form of religion without its substance (<a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a>). The Israelites' love for ritual over righteousness is a central critique in Amos, calling them to repentance and true worship.declares the Lord GOD The use of "declares the Lord GOD" emphasizes the authority and finality of the message. It is a divine pronouncement, underscoring that the critique comes directly from God. This phrase is a reminder of God's sovereignty and His right to judge His people. It also connects to the prophetic tradition where prophets speak on behalf of God, calling His people back to covenant faithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Jeremiah 1:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/c/children_of_israel.htm">Children of Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom of Israel, who were often rebuked by prophets for their idolatry and insincere worship. 3. <a href="/topical/l/leavened_bread.htm">Leavened Bread</a> Typically not used in offerings, symbolizing the Israelites' deviation from God's instructions. 4. <a href="/topical/t/thank_offering.htm">Thank Offering</a> A type of peace offering in the Old Testament, meant to express gratitude to God. 5. <a href="/topical/f/freewill_offerings.htm">Freewill Offerings</a> Voluntary offerings given out of devotion, not obligation, highlighting the Israelites' misplaced priorities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/sincerity_in_worship.htm">Sincerity in Worship</a> God desires genuine worship from the heart, not just outward rituals. Reflect on the authenticity of your worship practices. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_over_ritual.htm">Obedience Over Ritual</a> The Israelites' use of leavened bread symbolizes disobedience. Consider how you might be prioritizing tradition over obedience to God's Word. <a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a> The Israelites loved their rituals more than God. Regularly examine your motivations in worship and service to ensure they align with God's desires. <a href="/topical/g/god's_displeasure_with_hypocrisy.htm">God's Displeasure with Hypocrisy</a> God is not pleased with offerings that are given out of habit or for show. Strive for a heart that seeks to honor God in all actions. <a href="/topical/t/true_gratitude.htm">True Gratitude</a> Thank offerings should stem from genuine gratitude. Cultivate a heart of thankfulness that reflects in your daily life and worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 4</a> <a href="/q/how_does_faith_help_endure_suffering.htm">How can we express gratitude and praise to God?</a> <a href="/q/effects_of_unconfessed_sin.htm">What are the effects of unconfessed sin?</a> <a href="/q/is_lying_against_god's_teachings.htm">How can we express gratitude according to the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/does_amos_5_18_contradict_hopeful_texts.htm">Amos 5:18 - If the 'Day of the Lord' is described here as darkness, does this contradict other biblical texts that portray it as a time of hope or victory?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) The margin is more correct, and gives the key to the passage. Render, and offer by burning your thank-offering of leaven. Leaven was not allowed in any sacrifice offered by fire. Amos ironically calls upon them to break the Levitical law (<a href="/leviticus/7-13.htm" title="Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.">Leviticus 7:13</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm" title="You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits to the LORD.">Leviticus 23:17</a>), as he knew they were in the habit of doing.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven; more definitely, offer by burning a thank offering of that which is leavened. This is an alteration of the prescribed ritual in two particulars. The Law forbade leaven in any meat offering consumed by fire (<a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Leviticus 2:11</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Leviticus 7:12</a>); and if it allowed cakes of leavened bread to be offered on one occasion, these were not to be placed on the altar and burned, but one was to be assigned to the officiating priest, and the rest eaten at the sacrificial meal (<a href="/leviticus/7-13.htm">Leviticus 7:13, 14</a>). The ironical charge to the Israelites is that in their unlicensed zeal they should not only burn on the altar that which was leavened, but, with the idea of being more bountiful, they should also offer by fire that which was to be set apart for other uses. The Septuagint Version can only be explained by considering the translators to have had a different reading, καὶ ἀνέγνωσαν ἔγω νόμον, "and they read the Law without." Proclaim... publish. Make public proclamation that free will offerings are to be made, or else, like the Pharisees (<a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Matthew 6:2</a>), announce with ostentation that you are about to offer. The essence of such offerings was that they should be voluntary, not of command or compulsion (<a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Leviticus 22:18</a>, etc.; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6</a>). Septuagint, καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντο ὁμολογίας, "and called for public professions" (as <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6, 17, 18</a>). This liketh you; this ye love; Septuagint, "Proclaim ye that the children of Israel loved these things." Their whole heart was set on this will worship. <a href="/commentaries/amos/4-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Offer וְקַטֵּ֤ר (wə·qaṭ·ṭêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire leavened bread מֵֽחָמֵץ֙ (mê·ḥā·mêṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2557.htm">Strong's 2557: </a> That which is leavened as a thank offering, תּוֹדָ֔ה (tō·w·ḏāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8426.htm">Strong's 8426: </a> An extension of the hand, avowal, adoration, a choir of worshippers and loudly וְקִרְא֥וּ (wə·qir·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read proclaim הַשְׁמִ֑יעוּ (haš·mî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently your freewill offerings, נְדָב֖וֹת (nə·ḏā·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5071.htm">Strong's 5071: </a> Spontaneity, spontaneous, a spontaneous, abundant gift for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction that is what כֵ֤ן (ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus [you] children בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc love to do!” אֲהַבְתֶּם֙ (’ă·haḇ·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f declares אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord the LORD נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle GOD. יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 4:5 Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that (Amo. 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