Charles Spurgeon Commentary Amos 5:23-24

"Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." — Amos 5:23-24 (ASV)

This is what God asks for—righteousness, not sweet music.

Have they not, even now, turned what were formerly houses of prayer into music-halls, set up their idols in our parish churches, and adorned their priests with every kind of Babylonian garment which they could find at Rome, the mystical Babylon? Are they not turning this nation back to that accursed Popery, the yoke of which our fathers could not bear? Therefore, the Lord is wrathful with this land; there are storm-clouds gathering over it, because it is not sufficiently stirred with indignation against those idolatrous men who are again seeking to come to the forefront among us.