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Take awayהָסֵרfrom meמֵעָלַיthe noiseהֲמוֹןof your songs,שִׁרֶיךָand the melodyוְזִמְרַתof your harpsנְבָלֶיךָI will notלֹאhear.אֶשְׁמָע
Amos 5:23
Study it in the app“Take away from me the noise of your songs, and the melody of your harps I will not hear.”
God rejects feasts and songs if justice and right do not flowPraise and worshipGod rejects feasts and songs while justice is missing: let it flow like a streamJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:23, word by word
- Take awayהָסֵרhaser
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “haser” appears- the noiseהֲמוֹןhamon
tumult
A loud sound of many people or much water.
Where else “hamon” appears- of your songsשִׁרֶיshire
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shire” appears- and the melodyזִמְרַתzimrat
melody, song
A song with instrumental accompaniment, a melody.
Where else “zimrat” appears- of your harpsנְבָלֶיnevale
harp
A stringed instrument played to accompany singing and praise.
Where else “nevale” appears- hearאֶשְׁמָעeshma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “eshma” appears
The context
22Even if you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals I will not look at.
23 · This verse (above)
24But let justice roll on like the waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.