Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Music was common at ancient feasts (Isaiah 24:8-9; Amos 6:5-6).
viol—an instrument with twelve strings [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 8.10].
tabret—Hebrew, toph, from the use of which in drowning the cries of children sacrificed to Moloch, Tophet received its name. Arabic, duf. A kettle drum, or tambourine.
pipe—flute or flageolet: from a Hebrew root "to bore through"; or else, "to dance" (compare Job 21:11-15).
regard not . . . Lord—a frequent effect of feasting (Job 1:5; Psalms 28:5).
work . . . operation—in punishing the guilty (Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 10:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 5:12:
Ecclesiastes 2:8
Isaiah 5:7
Isaiah 5:13
Isaiah 5:13
Isaiah 5:19
Isaiah 14:11
Isaiah 22:13
Isaiah 26:11
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