Isaiah 5:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֨ה כִנּ֜וֹר וָנֶ֗בֶל תֹּ֧ף וְחָלִ֛יל וָיַ֖יִן מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְאֵ֨ת פֹּ֤עַל יְהוָה֙ לֹ֣א יַבִּ֔יטוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדָ֖יו לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃

Transliteration

And wə-there has wəhāyâ kinnôr and wā-nebel, tōp and wə-ḥālîl and wā-yayin at their mištêhem; but the wəʾēt pōʿal of YHWH they do not yabbîṭû, and the maʿăśēh of his yādāyw they have not rāʾû.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *wəhāyâ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav consecutive - and there is
• *kinnôr*: masculine singular noun - lyre/harp
• *wā*: conjunction - and
• *nebel*: masculine singular noun - harp/lute
• *tōp*: masculine singular noun - tambourine/timbrel
• *ḥālîl*: masculine singular noun - pipe/flute
• *yayin*: masculine singular noun - wine
• *mištêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their feasts
• *wəʾēt*: conjunction with direct object marker
• *pōʿal*: masculine singular construct - work of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
• *yabbîṭû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they regard/consider
• *maʿăśēh*: masculine singular construct - work of
• *yādāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands
• *rāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have seen

Word Meanings

• *kinnôr*: lyre/harp/stringed instrument
• *nebel*: harp/lute/stringed instrument
• *tōp*: tambourine/timbrel/drum
• *ḥālîl*: pipe/flute/wind instrument
• *mištêhem*: feasts/banquets/drinking parties
• *pōʿal*: work/deed/action
• *yabbîṭû*: regard/consider/look at

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:27 : 27 Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
• Ps 28:5 : 5 Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
• Ps 92:5-6 : 5 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
• Isa 5:19 : 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him 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!
• Isa 22:13 : 13 and 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.
• Dan 5:1-4 : 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
• Dan 5:23 : 23 but 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 from 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.
• Hos 4:10-11 : 10 And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
• Amos 6:4-6 : 4 that 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; 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
• Luke 16:19 : 19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
• Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee 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;
• Job 21:11-14 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. 12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.