Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Amos 6:5
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Amos6:5
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 (1Ch 23:5; Ne 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.
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