Yet[even] lifeless things,eitherfluteorharp,in producinga sound,ifthey do not producea distinctionin the tones,howwill it be knownwhat is played on the fluteoron the harp?
and say,'We played the flutefor you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge,and you did not mourn.'
"They are likechildrenwho sitin the market placeand callto one another,and they say,'We played the flutefor you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge,and you did not weep.'
IfI speakwith the tonguesof menand of angels,but do not havelove,I have becomea noisygongora clangingcymbal.
But now,brethren,ifI cometo you speakingin tongues,whatwill I profityou unlessI speakto you eitherby wayof revelationorof knowledgeorof prophecyorof teaching?
For ifthe bugleproducesan indistinctsound,whowill preparehimself for battle?
"Afterwardyou will cometo the hillof Godwherethe Philistinegarrisonis; and it shall be as soon as you have comethereto the city,that you will meeta groupof prophetscomingdownfrom the highplacewith harp,tambourine,flute,and a lyrebeforethem, and they will be prophesying.
