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Amos 5:23

King James Version (KJV)

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Amos 5:23

Verse 23 of 27

Scripture focus

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

Amos 5:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 5:23

Theological / Devotional

Noise of thy songs. The people’s superficial and insincere worship made their psalms and hymns nothing but an offensive and wearisome sound in the ears of God (see Eze. 26:13).

Viols. Heb. nebalim, harps with 12 strings (see Vol. Ill, pp. 33, 34). Both instrumental and vocal music formed a part of the Temple worship (see 1 Chron. 16:42 ; 23:5; 25:6, 7).

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