Amos 5:23 (WEB)

Passage

Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

Amos 5:23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Amos 5:24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Amos 5:25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "take", "away", "noise", "songs", "listen", "music", and "harps". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "take" and "away", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Yes though you offer me your burnt..." into verse 24's "But let justice roll on like rivers...", so "take" and "away" 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 "take" and "away" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.