Amos 5:23
Spare me the noise of your songs, I will not listen to the melody of your lyres.
Open English Bible (US)
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
24But let justice roll on as a flood of waters, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.
Cross References
Amos 6:5They idly sing to the sound of the lyre, thinking themselves songwriters like David,
Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning, all your songs into dirges. I will cause you to dress in sackcloth, every head shaved. I will make you mourn like you have lost your only son, all that happens will end in bitterness.
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 →