John Trapp on Isaiah 5:12

Ver. 12. And the harp and the viol] To make themſelves the more mad upon pleaſure, they had their muſick of all ſorts, that thereby they might baniſh all ſeriouſneſs, and be lulled faſter aſleep in carnal ſecurity. Feſcenninis cantibus omnia perſonabant: a practice ſtill in uſe among drunkards, to drown the noiſe of their conſciences; like as the old Italians to drown the noiſe of the heavens when it thundred, were wont to ring their greateſt bels, beat up their drums and tabers, &c. So Amos 6.4, 6.

Are in their feaſts] Or, are their feaſts, or drinkings.

But they regard not the work of the Lord] that is the firſt making, whether of themſelves to glorify God in ſome honeſt employment, and not to make drunkeneſs their occupation: or, of other creatures, wherein they might find much of God, as Pliny did in the muſick of the Gnat,Saculum eſt ſpeculum rerum inviſibili[illegible: 1 letter]m. Triſmeg. and the curious paint of the Butter-fly: as Galen did in the double motion of the Lungs, called Syſtole and Diaſtole: but eſpecially as David did in the contemplation of the Univerſe, Pſal. 8. and as Mr. John Dad did in the flower he had in his hand at Holdenby; where being invited by an honourable perſon to ſee that ſtately houſe, he anſwered, In this flower I can ſee more of God, then in all the beautiful buildings in the World. Thus if theſe drunkards had done, they would not have ſo abuſed Gods good creatures. But whoredom and wine, and new wine had taken away their hearts, Hoſ. 4.11. Neither regarded they any thing, but the ſparkling of the wine in the cup, Prov. 23.31. and the beauty of the ſtrange woman, ver. 33. in the flagrancy of their beaſtly luſt.

Neither conſider the operation of his hands] the preſent diſpoſing of his creatures, either by way of mercy or judgment. They paſſe by his providences unobſerved, his late judgments upon the ten Tribes, Am. 6.6. his heavy plagues hanging over their own heads, called his work and the counſel of the holy One of Iſrael, ver. 19. Nihil omnino ſapiunt niſi luxum ſuum, they minde nothing but their luxury and looſeneſs.