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VI] :Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs;
 * For I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
 * But let judgment run 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?
 * But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images,
 * The star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
 * Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,
 * Saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.


 * 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!
 * 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?
 * Ye that put far away the evil day,
 * And cause the seat of violence to come near;
 * 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;