Sound of Sin
Music Used for False Worship
Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what
time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which
I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall
deliver you out of my hands?
Music Turns Into Mourning
Job 20:31
My harp also is turned to mourning,
and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Music of Wicked World
Job 21:7-14
Wherefore do the wicked live, become
old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight
with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe
from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bull gendereth, and
faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. They send forth
their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the
timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their
days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say
unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Howlings In the Temples
Amos 8:3
And the songs of the temple
shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD:
there shall be many dead bodies
in every place;
they shall cast them forth with
silence.
Music of the "Party
Crowd"
Isaiah 5:11-13
Woe unto them that rise up early
in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until
night, till wine inflame them! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret,
and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of
the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. Therefore my people
are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable
men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
We are the Song of the Drunkard
Psalm 69:12
They that sit in the gate speak
against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
All Music & No Action
Ezekiel 33:30-32
Also, thou son of man, the children
of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying,
Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the
LORD. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before
thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one
that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they
hear thy words, but they do them not.
Noise of War from Musicians
Exodus 32:18,19
And when Joshua heard the noise
of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of
war in the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for
mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but
the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Music Used to Please Self
Ecclesiastes 2:8,11
I gathered me also silver and gold,
and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers
and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments,
and that of all sorts. ... Then I looked on all the works that my hands
had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold,
all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the
sun.
Satan Described as a Musician
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden
of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and
the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald,
and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy
pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Laughing at God's Warning
Job 39:24,25
He swalloweth the ground with
fierceness and rage:
neither believeth he that it
is the sound of the trumpet.
He saith among the trumpets,
Ha, ha;
and he smelleth the battle afar
off, the thunder of the captains,
and the shouting.
God's Trumpets Not In The World
Jeremiah 42:13-17
But if ye say, We will not dwell
in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, Saying, No;
but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear
the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces
to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Then it shall come to pass,
that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of
Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after
you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. So shall it be with all the
men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall
die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them
shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Noise of Viols Brought Down
Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to
the grave, and the noise of thy viols:
the worm is spread under thee,
and the worms cover thee.
Joy of the Harp Ceaseth
Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Noise in the House of God
Lamentations 2:7
The Lord hath cast off his altar,
he hath abhorred his sanctuary,
he hath given up into the hand
of the enemy the walls of her palaces;
they have made a noise in the
house of the LORD,
as in the day of a solemn feast.
God Hates Noise of 'Church'
Song
Amos 5:21-23
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.
'Christian' Music Used for Self
Amos 6:1,5
Woe to them that are at ease
in Zion ... That chant to the sound of the viol,
and invent to themselves instruments
of musick, like David;
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