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Amos 6:5
You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;
Amos 6:5 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Amos 6:5 in other translations
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
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In context
2 Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border.
3 You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;
4 You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd;
5 You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.
8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.
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