Amos 5:23 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 5:23

Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

BSB

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ASV

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

KJV

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Amos (420)

(Verse 23) Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the music of your harp. LXX: Take away from me the sound of your songs, and I will not listen to the melody of your instruments. Beautiful songs of the Levites, with which they praised God, he calls tumult and confused sound, because there is no beautiful praise in the mouth of a sinner, and they were accustomed to offer these same things to idols as well (Eccles. 15).

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Take thou away from Me - Literally, “from upon Me,” that is, from being a burden to Me, a weight on Me. So God says by Isaiah, “your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth; they are a burden upon Me; I am weary to bear them” Isa 1:14. Their “songs” and hymns were but a confused, tumultuous, “noise,” since they had not the harmony of love.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

So Isa 1:14, "They are a trouble unto Me (literally, 'a burden upon Me'): I am weary to bear them." the noise of thy songs--The hymns and instrumental music on sacred occasions are to Me nothing but a disagreeable noise. I will not hear--Isaiah substitutes "prayers" (Isa 1:15) for the "songs" and "melody" here; but, like Amos, closes with "I will not hear."

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָסֵ֥ר	ha.Ser	remove	H5493 →
מֵעָלַ֖י	me.'a.Lai	from with <the> me	H5921 →
הֲמ֣וֹן	ha.Mon	[the] noise of	H1995 →
שִׁרֶ֑יךָ	shi.Rei.kha	songs your	H7892 →
וְזִמְרַ֥ת	ve.zim.Rat	and [the] music of	H2172 →
נְבָלֶ֖יךָ	ne.va.Lei.kha	lyres your	H5035 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אֶשְׁמָֽע׃	'esh.Ma'	I will listen to	H8085 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Amos 6:5
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
leads to
- Isaiah 5:12
  At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Amos 8:3
  “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
Through
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of…
leads to
- Jeremiah 6:26
  O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Zechariah 12:10
  Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
- Jeremiah 48:37
  For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
- Job 20:23
  When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
- Ezekiel 7:18
  They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
Through
Amos 8:3
“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
leads to
- Amos 6:9–10
  And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Amos

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Amos