Amos 5:23 · KJV
“Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.”
— Amos 5:23
Though 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. {peace...: or, thank offerings}
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. {run: Heb. roll}
Amos 5 — Context
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. {in...: or, your holy days}
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. {peace...: or, thank offerings}
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. {run: Heb. roll}
25Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Cross References
Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, {and} invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; {chant: or, quaver}
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.
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. {shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl} {with...: Heb. be silent}