Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 6:5
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5. chant —literally, "mark distinct sounds and tones." viol —the lyre, or lute. invent . . . instruments . . . like David —They fancy they equal David in musical skill ( 1 Chronicles 23:5 ; Nehemiah 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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological