...harmony of your formal devotions, while I hear and abhor the discordous noise of your sins, &c. 24. " But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."] — No, notwithstanding all these your outward services, I will cause my judgments to gush out upon...

...not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings, I will not accept them. .... But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream 3 ." And thus in that remarkable passage embodied in the prophecy of Micah k , which the Church joins...

...offerings, I will not accept them : neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs ; for I will not...down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel ?...

...offerings, I will not accept them ; neither will I regard the peace offering of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs ; for I will not...down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, 0 house of Israel ?...

...offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols (5:21-23). Amos is, indeed, the prophet of social justice. It was he who formulated the idea that the...

...offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols (5:21-23). Amos is, indeed, the prophet of social justice. It was he who formulated the idea that the...

...Cathedral at Cologne one may hear the voice of the Lord as He spoke through the prophet Amos : " Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs ; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies !" — if but those...

...offerings, 1 will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not...run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.18 EXPLAINING ISRAEL'S DEMOCRACY The tolerance of disputatious criticism in Israel's polity...

...regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for 1 will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment...down as waters. and righteousness as a mighty stream. The biblical comparison between regime criticism in ancient ^ 39 and modern lsrael raises the question...

...songs of prayer for I will not hear the melody of your harps [accompanying the Temple service]. Rather let judgment run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream" (Amos 5:22-24). The Midrash reiterates this relationship between morality and the acceptability of Temple...