Amos 5:23 (LSB)

Passage

Remove from Me the tumult of your songs; I will not even listen to the melody of your harps.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:21 “I hate, I reject your feasts, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:22 Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

Amos 5:23 Remove from Me the tumult of your songs; I will not even listen to the melody of your harps.

Amos 5:24 But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever‑flowing stream.

Amos 5:25 “Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remove", "tumult", "songs", "even", "listen", "melody", and "harps". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remove" and "tumult", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Even though you offer up to Me..." into verse 24's "But let justice roll down like waters...", so "remove" and "tumult" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "remove" and "tumult" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.