Isaiah 5:12

And it cometh to pass—that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine are in their banquets,—But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And the work of his hands, have they not seen.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

11Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that strong drink, they may pursue,—Who follow on in the evening cool [until] with wine, they are heated;

13Therefore, are my people taken away captive before they know it,—And their honourable men are famished with hunger, And, their multitude, do gape for thirst.

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Cross References

Job 21:11They send forth—like a flock—their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

Psalms 28:5Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, or the Work of his hands, he will pull them down, and not build them.

Isaiah 5:19Who say—Let his work quicken—let it hasten, That we may see,—And let the purpose of Israel’s Holy One, draw near and come. That we may know!

Isaiah 56:12Come ye! I will fetch wine Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,—And like this day, shall, to-morrow be—Great beyond measure!

Daniel 5:23but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,—whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

Amos 6:4Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure,—and eating the well-fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls:

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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