Isaiah 5:12

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 5:12 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
  2. Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
  3. Job 34:27because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
  4. Psalms 28:5Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
  5. Psalms 92:5How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
  6. Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
  7. Isaiah 22:13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
  8. Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
  9. Daniel 5:1Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
  10. Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
  11. Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
  12. Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
  13. Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
  14. Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
  15. Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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