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23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a [a]mighty stream.

25 Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and [b]offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:24 Or, ever-flowing
  2. Amos 5:25 Or, meal-offerings

23 Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.(A)
24 But let justice(B) roll on like a river,
    righteousness(C) like a never-failing stream!(D)

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(E) and offerings
    forty years(F) in the wilderness, people of Israel?

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