Isa 5:12, Amo 6:5-6 | JFB | e4.org | 12. Music was common at ancient feasts ( ). 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 ). regard not . . . Lord —a frequent effect of feasting ( ). work . . . operation

‏ Isaiah 5:12

12. Music was common at ancient feasts (Isa 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; Ps 28:5).

work . . . operation—in punishing the guilty (Isa 5:19; Isa 10:12).

‏ Amos 6:5-6

5. chant—literally, "mark distinct sounds and tones."

viol—the lyre, or lute.

invent . . . instruments . . . like David—They fancy they equal David in musical skill (1Ch 23:5; Ne 12:36). They defend their luxurious passion for music by his example: forgetting that he pursued this study when at peace and free from danger, and that for the praise of God; but they pursue for their own self-gratification, and that when God is angry and ruin is imminent.

6. drink . . . in bowls—in the large vessels or basins in which wine was mixed; not satisfied with the smaller cups from which it was ordinarily drunk, after having been poured from the large mixer.

chief ointments—that is, the most costly: not for health or cleanliness, but wanton luxury.

not grieved for the affliction of Joseph—literally, "the breach," that is, the national wound or calamity (Ps 60:2; Eze 34:4) of the house of Joseph (Am 5:6); resembling in this the heartlessness of their forefathers, the sons of Jacob, towards Joseph, "eating bread" while their brother lay in the pit, and then selling him to Ishmaelites.