Amos 5:23

Remove from me the noise of your songs; 1 I will not listen to the sound of your harps. 1

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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 though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, 1 I will not accept them, 1 neither will I look at the fellowship offerings of your fattened animals. 1

24Instead, let justice flow like water, 1 and righteousness like a constantly flowing stream. 1

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Cross References

Amos 6:5They sing foolish songs to the music of the harp; 1 they improvise on instruments as David did. 1

Amos 8:10I will turn your festivals into mourning 1 and all your songs into lamentation. 1 I will make all of you wear sackcloth 1 and have baldness on every head. 1 I will make it like mourning for an only son, 1 and a bitter day to its end. 1

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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