⁵ who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
    and like David improvise on instruments of music,^(A)

¹² whose feasts consist of lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine,
but who do not regard the deeds of the Lord
    or see the work of his hands!^(A)

²³ Take away from me the noise of your songs;
    I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

³ The songs of the temple^[a] shall become wailings on that day,”
            says the Lord God;
“the dead bodies shall be many,
    cast out in every place. Be silent!”^(A)

²² and the sound of harpists and entertainers and of flutists and trumpeters
    will be heard in you no more,
and an artisan of any trade
    will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the millstone
    will be heard in you no more,^(A)

¹¹ They send out their little ones like a flock,
    and their children dance around.
¹² They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
    and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.^(A)