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I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/amos/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Take away from Me the noise of your songs, For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Remove from Me the tumult of your songs; I will not even listen to the melody of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]! I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No more of your noisy songs! I won't listen when you play your harps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Spare me the sound of your songs. I won't listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Stop your noisy songs; I do not want to listen to your harps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Spare me your noisy singing— I will not listen to your musical instruments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Turn the noise of your songs aside from Me, "" Indeed, I do not hear the praise of your stringed instruments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Remove from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the music of thy lyres.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the canticles of your lyre.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me your noisy songs; The melodies of your harps, I will not listen to them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Remove from me the sound of your singing and the music of your harp; I shall not hear them again<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Take thou away from Me the noise of thy songs; And let Me not hear the melody of thy psalteries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Remove from me the sound of thy songs, and I will not hear the music of thine instruments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/5-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=929" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">The Day of the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: hā·sêr (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">Take away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·lay (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: hă·mō·wn (N-msc) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">the noise</a> <a href="/hebrew/7892.htm" title="7892: ši·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A song, singing. Or feminine shiyrah; from shiyr; a song; abstractly, singing.">of your songs!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: ’eš·mā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/2172.htm" title="2172: wə·zim·raṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Melody, song (in praise of Yah). From zamar; a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument.">to the music</a> <a href="/hebrew/5035.htm" title="5035: nə·ḇā·le·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre. Or nebel; from nabel; a skin-bag for liquids; hence, a vase; also a lyre.">of your harps.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a></span><br />What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3-4</a></span><br />Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. / So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a></span><br />But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a></span><br />To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1-7</a></span><br />“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. / For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-8</a></span><br />Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Take you away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols.</p><p class="hdg">the noise.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Amos 6:5</a></b></br> That chant to the sound of the viol, <i>and</i> invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Amos 8:3,10</a></b></br> And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: <i>there shall be</i> many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast <i>them</i> forth with silence… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/12-10.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Harps</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-5.htm">Lutes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-13.htm">Melody</a> <a href="/daniel/6-18.htm">Music</a> <a href="/amos/2-2.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/joel/2-26.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Psalteries</a> <a href="/daniel/3-15.htm">Psaltery</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Viols</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/7-7.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Harps</a> <a href="/amos/7-16.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-5.htm">Lutes</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-14.htm">Melody</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Music</a> <a href="/micah/2-12.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/jonah/2-9.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">Psalteries</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Psaltery</a> <a href="/amos/7-8.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Viols</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-1.htm">A lamentation for Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-4.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">God rejects their hypocritical service.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Take away from Me the noise of your songs!</b><br>This phrase reflects God's rejection of Israel's worship practices. Despite their religious rituals, the Israelites' hearts were far from God, and their worship had become mere noise to Him. This echoes <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13-15</a>, where God expresses disdain for empty rituals. The term "noise" suggests that their songs, intended to be pleasing, were instead a clamor due to the insincerity behind them. In the cultural context, music was a significant part of worship, but without genuine devotion, it was meaningless. This highlights the importance of worshiping in spirit and truth, as Jesus later emphasizes in <a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>.<p><b>I will not listen to the music of your harps.</b><br>Here, God declares His refusal to accept the musical offerings of the Israelites. Harps were common instruments in ancient Israel, used in both secular and sacred settings. The rejection of their music signifies a broader rejection of their worship because it lacked righteousness and justice, as seen in the surrounding verses of <a href="/amos/5.htm">Amos 5</a>. This connects to <a href="/psalms/33-3.htm">Psalm 33:3</a>, where music is encouraged as an expression of genuine praise. The prophetic nature of this statement points to the need for a heart aligned with God's will, foreshadowing the ultimate fulfillment in Christ, who embodies true worship and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, which had fallen into idolatry and social injustice, prompting God's call for repentance through the prophet Amos.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who desires true worship and justice, rejecting empty rituals and insincere worship from His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/worship_in_israel.htm">Worship in Israel</a></b><br>The context of the verse is a critique of the Israelites' worship practices, which had become superficial and disconnected from righteous living.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_repentance.htm">Judgment and Repentance</a></b><br>The broader theme of Amos, where God calls His people to genuine repentance and warns of impending judgment if they continue in their ways.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_worship_vs._empty_rituals.htm">True Worship vs. Empty Rituals</a></b><br>God desires worship that is sincere and accompanied by a life of righteousness and justice. Rituals without heart and action are meaningless.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_of_worship.htm">The Heart of Worship</a></b><br>Worship should be an overflow of a heart aligned with God's values, not just a performance or obligation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/social_justice_and_righteousness.htm">Social Justice and Righteousness</a></b><br>True worship is inseparable from how we treat others. God calls us to live justly and care for the marginalized.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Regularly assess whether your worship and religious practices are genuine or merely routine. Seek to align your heart and actions with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a></b><br>When convicted of insincere worship, turn back to God with a repentant heart, seeking His guidance to live a life that honors Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_church_instruments.htm">What does the Bible say about church musical instruments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_joyful_noise.htm">What defines a joyful noise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_reject_these_festivals.htm">Amos 5:21-23 - Why does God reject these religious festivals, yet in other books He commands and even delights in similar observances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_love_a_manifestation_of_god.htm">What musical instruments are mentioned in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">Songs.</span>--The very sound of their tumultuous songs was a burden to Jehovah. As Christ cleansed the Temple, so would He dispel all this hypocritical and perilous confusion of ideas.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The noise of thy songs.</span> Their psalms and hymns of praise were mere noise in God's ear, and wearied him (<a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Ezekiel 26:13</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Viols</span> (<a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Amos 6:5</a>); <span class="greek">ὀργάνων</span> (Septuagint). The <span class="accented">nebel</span>, usually translated "psaltery," was a kind of harp. Josephus ('Ant.,' 7:12. 3) describes it as having twelve strings, played by the fingers. Music, both instrumental and vocal, was used in the temple worship (see <a href="/1_chronicles/16-42.htm">1 Chronicles 16:42</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a>; and 25.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/5-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Take away</span><br /><span class="heb">הָסֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·sêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Me</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעָלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the noise</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲמ֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hă·mō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your songs!</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁרֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ši·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7892.htm">Strong's 7892: </a> </span><span class="str2">A song, singing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׁמָֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(’eš·mā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the music</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזִמְרַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zim·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2172.htm">Strong's 2172: </a> </span><span class="str2">Melody, song (in praise of Yah)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your harps.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְבָלֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḇā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5035.htm">Strong's 5035: </a> </span><span class="str2">A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/5-23.htm">Amos 5:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/5-23.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 5:23 Take away from me the noise (Amo. 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