...of your fat beasts. Take away from me the noise of your songs: For I will not hear the melody of thy harps. But let justice roll down like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5 : 21-24.) Wash you, make you clean; Put away the evil of your doings from my eyes; Cease to do evil;...

...your festivals. . . . Take away from me the noise of thy songs, For I will not hear the melody of thy harps. But let justice roll down like waters, And righteousness like an unfailing stream (5:21, 23, 24). And Micah is "very bold" when he says: With what shall I come before...

...kindness, because he believed such was a requirement of the Lord. Like Amos he had heard God saying: "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." He was kind to others because he had experienced the kindness of God, and knew as did the writer of...

...look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps 1 will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:21-24.) Along with this frenzied cultic activity there was a pervasive optimism current in Israelite culture....

...its minimal standard of behavior. From the Bible we learn of the importance of justice as Amos cries, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5:24). Today, the actual content of justice involves the priority of persons, the protection of freedom,...

...its minimal standard of behavior. From the Bible we learn of the importance of justice as Amos cries, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5:24). Today, the actual content of justice involves the priority of persons, the protection of freedom,...

...them. . . . Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:21-24) Less commonly observed, the prophets also had a word of judgment for two forms of self-delusion. On...

...look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (5:21-24) (5) There is no hope for the nation in Amos. Many commentators find that he has some slight...

...well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let...and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:2 1 -24) The words of Micah could be a motto for most congregational types: [W]hat does the LORD...

...religion. From his critique of immoral religion, he wrote: "Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let...waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream" (5:23-24). Amos brought together the boldest claims for monotheism, the foundation of all three Middle...