Amos 5:25 meaning and explanation
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Amos 5:25, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks through Amos to a prosperous, complacent Israel that trusts in religious ritual while tolerating injustice. The question is rhetorical and expects the answer no: during the forty wilderness years, Israel's worship was not chiefly a matter of sacrifices and offerings.
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