Isaiah 5:12

Isaiah 5:12

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one ^abath,
And a homer of seed shall yield one¹ ephah.”

11 ^aWoe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may¹ follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

12 ^aThe harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But ^bthey do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.

13 ^aTherefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no ^bknowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.

14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.

15 People shall be brought down,
^aEach man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

16 But the Lord of hosts shall be ^aexalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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).

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