King James Version (KJV)

Amos 5:23

“Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.”

Verse in context — Amos 5

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

A message of justice and warning to complacent Israel.