16 Take your harp, wander around the city,
You forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.

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16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;(A)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

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The (A)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
They do not drink wine with song;
(B)Intoxicating drink is (C)bitter to those who drink it.

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The joyful timbrels(A) are stilled,
    the noise(B) of the revelers(C) has stopped,
    the joyful harp(D) is silent.(E)
No longer do they drink wine(F) with a song;
    the beer is bitter(G) to its drinkers.

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Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have [a]composed (A)songs for themselves,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:5 Or invented musical instruments

You strum away on your harps(A) like David
    and improvise on musical instruments.(B)

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