Amos 5:23

5:23 Take away from me your ¹  noisy songs;

I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments. ² 

Amos 8:4

8:4 Listen to this, you who trample ³  the needy,

and do away with ⁴  the destitute in the land.

[5:23]  ¹ 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.

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

[8:4]  ³ tn See the note on the word “trample” in 2:7.

[8:4]  ⁴ tn Or “put an end to”; or “exterminate.”