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23 Spare me your noisy singing—
    I will not listen to your musical instruments.[a]

24 “But let justice roll on like many[b] waters,
    and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.

25 “Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts
    in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:23 I.e. a stringed instrument such as a harp or lyre
  2. Amos 5:24 The Heb. lacks many