Amos 6:5

5 Ils divaguent au son du luth; comme David, ils inventent des instruments de musique;

Amos 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 6:5

That chant to the sound of the viol
Or psaltery; an instrument of twelve cords, and that gave twelve sounds, as Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 says, being stricken with the fingers; and to these sounds these men chanted or quivered, made like sounds with their voice, which they raised higher or lower, according to the sound of the instrument: they "particularized", as the word signifies ^F25; or observed the divisions and distinctions of notes and sounds, by the modulation of their voice: [and] invent to themselves instruments of music, like David:
not content with old ones, such as were used in former times, they invented new instruments and new tunes, and new songs to sing to them; as David made songs and invented several instruments of music to sing them upon and to, in religious worship, and for the praise and glory of God; so these men invented new ones to indulge their carnal mirth and jollity, in which they thought themselves to be justified by the example of David.
F24 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 19. sect. 3.
F25 (Myjrwph) "particularizantes", Montanus; "qui particularia habent cantica", Pagninus; "qui particulatim canunt", Vatablus, Mercerus; "variis modulationibus concinunt", Tigurine version.

Amos 6:5 In-Context

3 Vous qui repoussez le jour de la calamité, et qui rapprochez le siège de la violence!

4 Ils se couchent sur des lits d'ivoire, et s'étendent sur leurs coussins; ils mangent les agneaux du troupeau, et les veaux pris du lieu où on les engraisse;

5 Ils divaguent au son du luth; comme David, ils inventent des instruments de musique;

6 Ils boivent le vin dans de grands vases; ils s'oignent avec la meilleure huile, et ne sont pas dans la douleur pour la ruine de Joseph.

7 C'est pourquoi ils vont être emmenés à la tête des captifs, et les clameurs des voluptueux cesseront.