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Amos 6:5
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
Amos 6:5 · Berean Standard Bible
Amos 6:5 in other translations
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
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In context
2 Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
3 You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
5 You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
7 Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
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