Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 6:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 6:5 - 6:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 6:5 - 6:5

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6:1 - 6:1
6:2 - 6:2
6:3 - 6:3
6:4 - 6:4
6:5 - 6:5
6:6 - 6:6
6:7 - 6:7
6:8 - 6:8
6:9 - 6:9
6:10 - 6:10
6:11 - 6:11
6:12 - 6:12
6:13 - 6:13
6:14 - 6:14

chant - literally, “mark distinct sounds and tones.”

viol - the lyre, or lute.

invent ... instruments ... like David - They fancy they equal David in musical skill (1Ch 23:5; Neh 12:36). They defend their luxurious passion for music by his example: forgetting that he pursued this study when at peace and free from danger, and that for the praise of God; but they pursue for their own self-gratification, and that when God is angry and ruin is imminent.