Amos 5:25

Did ye bring unto me sacrifices&c. The question evidently requires a negative answer; and the emphatic words in the sentence are not, as has been sometimes supposed, unto me(which hold in the Hebrew quite a subordinate position), but sacrifices and offerings(which follow immediately after the interrogative particle). The prophet shews that sacrifice is no indispensable element of religious service, from the fact that during the 40 years in the wilderness which, nevertheless, was a period when, above all others, Jehovah manifested His love and favour towards Israel (Amos 2:9-10) it was not offered.

bring] of a sacrifice, as Exodus 32:6; Lev 8:14; 1 Samuel 13:9.

sacrifices and offerings Rather, and meal - offerings: see on Amos 5:22. The same combination, Isaiah 19:21; Psalms 40:6.