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Amos 5:23–6:5

Amos 5:23–6:54 matched frames1 pivot

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A 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs;
- B 23 for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  - C 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years,
    - D 25 O house of Israel?
      - E 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
    - D' 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
  - C' 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
- B' 5 That chant to the sound of the viol,
A' 5 and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

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