Amos 6:5
Who are bawling at the bidding of the harp,—like David, have they invented for themselves instruments of song:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 31:27Wherefore didst thou secretly flee, and rob me,—and didst not tell me, that I might send thee away with rejoicing and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;
1 Chronicles 23:5and four thousand, were doorkeepers,—and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which [said David] I made for offering praise.
Job 21:11They send forth—like a flock—their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;
Isaiah 5:12And it cometh to pass—that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine are in their banquets,—But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And the work of his hands, have they not seen.
Amos 8:3but palace-songs, shall become howlings, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,—Many shall be the dead bodies in every place—cast forth—[with a] hush!
Revelation 18:22And sound of harp-singers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters,—in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan [of any art],—in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone,—in nowise be found in thee any more;
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 →