Amos 6:5
They sing foolish songs to the music of the harp; 1 they improvise on instruments as David did. 1
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In The King James Version
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why did you flee secretly and trick me and did not tell me? I would have sent you away with celebration and with songs, with tambourine and with harps.
1 Chronicles 23:5Four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand were to praise Yahweh with the instruments that I made to give praise,” David said.
Job 21:11They send out their little ones like a flock, 1 and their children dance. 1
Isaiah 5:12They banquet with harp, lute, tambourine, flute, and wine, 1 but they do not recognize the work of Yahweh, nor have they considered the doings of his hands. 1
Amos 8:3The songs of the temple will become wailings in that day 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— 1 many dead bodies, they are thrown everywhere! 1 Silence!” 1
Revelation 18:22The sound made by harpists, musicians, 3 flute players, and trumpeters 2 will not be heard anymore in you. 1 No craftsman of any kind 2 will be found in you. 1 No sound of a mill 2 will be heard anymore in you. 1
Matthew Henry on Amos 6:2-8
The Danger of False Security. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch… Read the whole commentary →