“Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.”
Amos 5:23 (KJV) |
Amos 5:23
From Amos 5, in the Book of Amos (Old Testament).
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21
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
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Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?