Amos 5:23
Take ye away from me the noise of your songs, And the music of your harps let me not hear!
Noyes Bible
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
24Let justice flow forth as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream!
Cross References
Amos 6:5That chant to the sound of the harp, And invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, And baldness upon all heads. I will fill the land with mourning, as for an only son, And its end shall be as a day of bitter woe.
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 →