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23 Take away from me your[a] noisy songs;
I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Amos 5:23 tn The Hebrew word probably refers to “harps” (NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “lutes” (NEB).