Isaiah 5:12

And the kinnor, and the nevel, the tambourine, and flute, 1 and yayin, are in their mishtehim; 1 but they regard not the Po'al Hashem (the work of Hashem ), 1 neither consider the ma'aseh of His hands. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

In Context

11Hoy unto them that rise up early in the boker, 1 that they may chase after shechar (strong drink); that continue until night, 1 till yayin inflame them! 1

13Therefore my people + 5:13 See Isa 53:8 are gone into the Golus, 1 because they have no da'as; 1 and their men of rank are starved, 1 and their multitude parched with thirst. 1

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Cross References

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a tzon, 1 and their yeladim jump about. 1

Psalms 28:5Because they regard not the Pe'ulot Hashem, 1 nor the Ma'aseh of His hands, 1 He shall tear them down, and not build them up. 1

Isaiah 5:19That say, Let Him make speed, and hasten His Ma'aseh, 1 that we may see it; 1 and let the Atzat Kadosh Yisroel (purpose of the Holy One of Israel) draw near and come, 1 that we may know it! 1

Isaiah 56:12Come ye, say they, I will get yayin, 1 and we will fill ourselves with shechar (strong drink); 1 and makhar (tomorrow) shall be like this day, 1 and gadol yeter me'od (and even much better).

Daniel 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against Hashem of Shomayim; and they have brought the vessels of His Beis Hamikdash before thee, and thou, and thy nobles, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the g-ds of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the G-d in Whose hand thy breath is, and Whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

Amos 6:4That lie upon beds of ivory, 1 and stretch themselves upon their couches, 1 and eat the lambs out of the tzon, 1 and the calves from the stall; 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18

Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →

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