...and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. . . . Take Europe Began in Jerusalem: Brotherliness away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody...waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5:21, 23-24). The prophets unrelentingly held the rich and ruling responsible for the creation...

...assemblies ... Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Many readers will find these words familiar, even if they can't say exactly where they are located...

...authenticity: Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:23-24) But worship and liturgy can also become, in the eyes of God, a solemn blasphemy! The...

...nativity scenes, and menorahs. And the lights this season shine brighter and purer than ever. JUSTICE "But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Amos 5:24 She's a senior citizen in the best sense of each word. She's behind bars in civil protest....

...fallings. Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps, but let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an everflowing stream" (Amos 5:22-24), Doing the right things for the wrong reasons is eating things sacrificed to idols....

...look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream. (Amos 5:2 1-24) The preacher may ask such questions as: • What in the world does God have against...

...look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream." 2. Bruce Birch, Let Justice Roll Down (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1991), 259. 3. Ibid., 261-69....

...wept. Resp. Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. ' But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. ?. Your festivals shall be turned into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation. " But let justice....

...listen to the melody of your harps. (5:21-23) And then the prophet states what is important to God: But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (5:24) The prophetic demand for social justice is continued in the New Testament. Jesus quotes Leviticus...

...right dealing: 'I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.' (Amos 5:21 & 24) Micah set out the goal of peace and of human rights, so relevant in the 21st century...