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songs of ... temple - (Amo 5:23). The joyous hymns in the temple of Judah (or rather, in the Beth-el “royal temple,” Amo 7:13; for the allusion is to Israel, not Judah, throughout this chapter) shall be changed into “howlings.” Grotius translates, “palace”; compare Amo 6:5, as to the songs there. But Amo 5:23, and Amo 7:13, favor English Version.
they shall cast them forth with silence - not as the Margin, “be silent.” It is an adverb, “silently.” There shall be such great slaughter as even to prevent the bodies being buried [Calvin]. There shall be none of the usual professional mourners (Amo 5:16), but the bodies will be cast out in silence. Perhaps also is meant that terror, both of God (compare Amo 6:10) and of the foe, shall close their lips.