Amos 5:22-24
New English Translation
22 Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings,[a] I will not be satisfied;
I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.[b]
23 Take away from me your[c] noisy songs;
I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.[d]
24 Justice must flow like torrents of water,
righteous actions[e] like a stream that never dries up.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:22 tn Heb “burnt offerings and your grain offerings.”
- Amos 5:22 tn Heb “Peace offering[s], your fattened calves, I will not look at.”
- 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.
- Amos 5:23 tn The Hebrew word probably refers to “harps” (NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “lutes” (NEB).
- Amos 5:24 tn Traditionally, “righteousness.”
Amos 5:22-24
Hoffnung für Alle
22 Eure Brand- und Speiseopfer nehme ich nicht an, und wenn ihr Tiere mästet, um sie mir darzubringen, ist mir das völlig gleichgültig. 23 Eure lauten Lieder kann ich nicht mehr hören, verschont mich mit eurem Harfengeklimper. 24 Setzt euch lieber für die Gerechtigkeit ein! Das Recht soll das Land durchströmen wie ein nie versiegender Fluss.
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