Amos 5:23
Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)
Geneva Bible 1599
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
24And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.
Cross References
Amos 6:5They sing to the sounde of the viole: they inuent to themselues instruments of musike like Dauid.
Amos 8:10And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnes vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the ende thereof as 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 →