23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

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23 Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.(A)

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Those who lie on beds of ivory,
And lounge around on their (A)couches,
And (B)eat lambs from the flock,
And calves from the midst of the fattened cattle,
Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have [a]composed (C)songs for themselves,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:5 Or invented musical instruments

You lie on beds adorned with ivory
    and lounge on your couches.(A)
You dine on choice lambs
    and fattened calves.(B)
You strum away on your harps(C) like David
    and improvise on musical instruments.(D)

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10 Then I will (A)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put (B)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And [a]baldness on every head.
And I will make it (C)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

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  1. Amos 8:10 I.e., shaved as a sign of mourning

10 I will turn your religious festivals(A) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.(B)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(C)
    and shave(D) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(E)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.(F)

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