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Amos 5:23 KJV
Amos · chapter 5 · verse 23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.Amos 5:23 · King James Version
Amos 5:23 in context
21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22Though 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.
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- melodyzimrâha musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrumentH2172 →
- noisehâmôwna noise, tumult, crowdH1995 →
- songsshîyra songH7892 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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The scope of these verses is to show how little God valued their shows of devotion, nay, how much he detested them, while they went on in their sins. Observe, I. How unpleasing, nay, how displeasing, their hypocritical services were to God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-27