Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 5:12
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Isaiah5:12
12. Music was common at ancient feasts (Is 24:8, 9; Am 6:5, 6).
viol--an instrument with twelve strings [Josephus, Antiquities, 8.10].
tabret--Hebrew, toph, from the use of which in drowning the cries of children sacrificed to Moloch, Tophet received its name. Arabic, duf. A kettle drum, or tambourine.
pipe--flute or flageolet: from a Hebrew root "to bore through"; or else, "to dance" (compare Job 21:11-15).
regard not ... Lord--a frequent effect of feasting (Job 1:5; Psa 28:5).
work ... operation--in punishing the guilty (Is 5:19; Is 10:12).
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