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amos 5:23 "Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

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Amos 5:24 >

      23. Take . . . away from me--literally, "Take away, from upon Me"; the idea being that of a burden pressing upon the bearer. So Isa 1:14, "They are a trouble unto Me (literally, 'a burden upon Me'): I am weary to bear them."
      the noise of thy songs--The hymns and instrumental music on sacred occasions are to Me nothing but a disagreeable noise.
      I will not hear--Isaiah substitutes "prayers" (Isa 1:15) for the "songs" and "melody" here; but, like Amos, closes with "I will not hear."

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