Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 5:21

21 ¶ I hate , I despise your feast-days , and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies .

Impure and unholy they are, whatever they seem to be, and therefore the Lord hateth them, they are abomination to him, Prov. 15.8. and Isa. 1.13, 14.

Worthless and contemptible they are, and as such God rejecteth them, Isa. 1.10, 11, 12. &c. There is no goodness that I should value in them, there is all that vileness in them which attends deep hypocrisie, for which I do hate them.

The Apostate Israelites imitated the Iewes in many things, amongst which they retained their Festivals, in which they multiplyed their Ceremonial Sacrifices, and yet God owns them not as His, but brands them with this, they are yours, therefore unwarrantable, will-worship, and displeasing to God.

A savour of rest or delight, I will not accept and be pleased with, Gen. 8.21.

Appointed, as you think, on very weighty reasons, and by sufficient Authority, and Celebrated with rich Sacrifices, in mighty crowds, and in excellent order, all is yours, not mine.

Marginal references: Jer. 6.20.; Or, [illegible: 1 letter]well your [illegible: 1 word] days.