5:22 Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, 1 I will not be satisfied;
I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves. 2
5:23 Take away from me your 3 noisy songs;
I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments. 4
1 tn Heb “burnt offerings and your grain offerings.”
2 tn Heb “Peace offering[s], your fattened calves, I will not look at.”
3 tn In this verse the second person suffixes are singular and not plural like they are in vv. 21-22 and vv. 25-27. Some have suggested that perhaps a specific individual or group within the nation is in view.
4 tn The Hebrew word probably refers to “harps” (NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “lutes” (NEB).