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23 Remove from Me the tumult of your songs;
I will not even listen to the melody 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 lay down on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their (A)couches
And (B)eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
Who improvise to the [a]sound of the harp,
And like David have [b]composed (C)songs for themselves,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:5 Lit mouth
  2. 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)overturn your feasts into mourning
And all your songs into [a]lamentation;
And I will bring up (B)sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And 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 Or a dirge

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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