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Amos 5:21

Amos 5:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

hate: Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 1:11-16, Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 7:21-23; Hosea 8:13; Matthew 23:14

I will: Genesis 8:21; Leviticus 26:31; Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 4:18

smell in your solemn assemblies: or, smell your holy days

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