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Isaiah 5:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Banqueting on wine with harp and lyre, timbrel and flute, But the deed of the Lord they do not regard, the work of his hands they do not see!

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Why did you dupe me by stealing away secretly? You did not tell me! I would have sent you off with joyful singing to the sound of tambourines and harps.

But Barzillai answered the king: “How much longer have I to live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

Because they turned away from him and did not understand his ways at all:

Because they do not understand the Lord’s works, the work of his hands, He will tear them down, never to rebuild them.

But look! instead, there was celebration and joy, slaughtering cattle and butchering sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Stilled are the cheerful timbrels, ended the shouts of the jubilant, stilled the cheerful harp.

Ah! Ariel, Ariel, city where David encamped! Let year follow year, and feast follow feast,

Who say, “Let him make haste, let him speed his work, that we may see it; On with the plan of the Holy One of Israel! let it come to pass, that we may know it!”

“Come, let me bring wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink, And tomorrow will be like today, or even greater.”

I will bring an end to the noise of your songs; the music of your lyres will be heard no more.

you have rebelled against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of his temple brought before you, so that you and your nobles, your consorts and your concubines, might drink wine from them; and you praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, that neither see nor hear nor have intelligence. But the God in whose hand is your very breath and the whole course of your life, you did not glorify.

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.

Likewise, if inanimate things that produce sound, such as flute or harp, do not give out the tones distinctly, how will what is being played on flute or harp be recognized?

These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they carouse fearlessly and look after themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by winds, fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead and uprooted.

But you must fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart, for you have seen the great things the Lord has done among you.




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