Amos 5:23-24

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

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

5:24 Justice must flow like torrents of water,

righteous actions ³  like a stream that never dries up.

[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).

[5:24]  ³ tn Traditionally, “righteousness.”