Amos 5:23

Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

In Context

22Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

24But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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Cross References

Amos 6:5Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Amos 8:10Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:22-27

Hypocritical Services Rejected; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me… Read the whole commentary →

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