Verse 23
Amos 5:23
Bible in Basic English
23
Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָסֵ֥ר מֵ/עָלַ֖/י הֲמ֣וֹן שִׁרֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/זִמְרַ֥ת נְבָלֶ֖י/ךָ לֹ֥א אֶשְׁמָֽע
English Translation
Remove from me the tumult of your songs, and the melody of your harps I will not hear.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.
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2
The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself...
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3
For these are the words of the Lord God (Elohim): The town which was able to send out a thousand, wi...
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4
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so t...
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5
Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for...
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6
Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out...
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7
You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;
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8
Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, w...
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9
Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.
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10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are up...
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11
So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have m...
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12
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the...
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13
So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
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14
Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God (Elohim) of armies,...
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15
Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the...
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16
So these are the words of the Lord, the God (Elohim) of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in a...
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17
In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord...
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18
Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dar...
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19
As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put...
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20
Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?
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21
Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in you...
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22
Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them:...
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23
Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
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But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
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Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O...
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Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you ma...
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And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God (E...
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