Amos 5:23

New English Translation

Take away from me your noisy songs; I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.

Cross References

Amos 5:22

Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.

Amos 5:24

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

Amos 6:5

They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Amos 8:3

The women singing in the temple will wail in that day.” The sovereign Lord is speaking. “There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!”