Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
It follows, Take away from me the multitude of thy songs By speaking of multitude, he aims at hypocrites, who toil much in their devices without measure or end, as we see done at this day by those under the Papacy; for they accumulate endless forms of worship, and greatly weary themselves, morning and evening; in short, they spend days and nights in performing their...
Their feasts and assemblies, their songs and viols, all were abominations to Him because their hearts were not with Him. Nothing is more hateful than this hypocrisy, this pretense of respect when none exists. God will not smell what is offensive; He despises services meant to buy leave to go on sinning.
AI summary
Commenting on Amos 5:21-27
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs,.... The ten tribes, very probably, imitated the, temple music at Jerusalem, both vocal and instrumental, and had their songs and hymns of praise, which they sung to certain tunes; but the music of these is called a noise, being very disagreeable to the Lord, as coming from such carnal and wicked persons; and therefore he...