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Amos 5:22-23
New English Translation
Amos 5:22-23
New English Translation
22 Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings,[a] I will not be satisfied;
I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.[b]
23 Take away from me your[c] noisy songs;
I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.[d]
Footnotes
- Amos 5:22 tn Heb “burnt offerings and your grain offerings.”
- Amos 5:22 tn Heb “Peace offering[s], your fattened calves, I will not look at.”
- Amos 5:23 tn In this verse the second person suffixes are singular and not plural like they are in vv. 21-22 and vv. 25-27. Some have suggested that perhaps a specific individual or group within the nation is in view.
- Amos 5:23 tn The Hebrew word probably refers to “harps” (NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “lutes” (NEB).
Amos 5:22-23
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Amos 5:22-23
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