Amos 5:23

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

Amos 6:5

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp
and invent their own musical instruments like David.

Amos 8:3

In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”

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 that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

The noise

Bible References

The noise

Amos 6:5
They improvise songs to the sound of the harp
and invent their own musical instruments like David.
Amos 8:3
In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”

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