KJV 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.
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Isaiah 5:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
WEB World English Bible
The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
ASV American Standard Version
And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 5
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 an homer shall yield an ephah.
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!
12 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.
13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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וְהָיָ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto beכִנּ֜וֹרH3658 · kin.norlyreוָנֶ֗בֶלH5035 · ne.velbagתֹּ֧ףH8596 · tophtambourineוְחָלִ֛ילH2485 · cha.lilfluteוָיַ֖יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineמִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑םH4960 · mish.tehfeastוְאֵ֨תH853 · et[Obj.]פֹּ֤עַלH6467 · po.alworkיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיַבִּ֔יטוּH5027 · na.vatto lookוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדָ֖יוH3027 · yadhandלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotרָאֽוּ׃H7200 · ra.ahto see: see
Cross-references
Psalm 28:5Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.Job 21:11-14They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.Job 34:27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:Amos 6:4-6That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;Daniel 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;Daniel 5:1-4Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.Isaiah 5:19That say, Let him make speed, [and] hasten his work, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know [it]!Hosea 4:10-11For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.Psalm 92:5-6O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:Isaiah 22:13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
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