Amos 5:23 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 5:23

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

KJV

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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.

WEB

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

YLT

Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.

DBT

Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;

About this book

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Amos 8:3
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
2 Samuel 6:5
And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
1 Chronicles 13:8
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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That sacrifice itself is of small account with God in comparison with moral duties; to love God and our neighbour is better than all burnt offering and sacrifice. That the sacrifice of the wicked is really an abomination to him, Prov. xv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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