Isaiah 5:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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 back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
• Ps 28:5 : 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
• Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O LORD, how great{H8804)} are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep{H8804)}. 6 A brutish man knoweth{H8799)} not; neither doth a fool understand{H8799)} this.
• Isa 5:19 : 19 That 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!
• 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, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 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 princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in 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 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:
• Hos 4:10-11 : 10 For 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. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
• 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 chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
• Luke 16:19 : 19 {G1161} There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These 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;
• Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore 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?
• Job 21:11-14 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.