16 Take your harp, wander around the city,
You forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.

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The (A)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
They do not drink wine with song;
(B)Intoxicating drink is (C)bitter to those who drink it.

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Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have [a]composed (A)songs for themselves,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:5 Or invented musical instruments

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