Isa 5:8, 11-12 | JFB | STEP | 8. ( ). The jubilee restoration of possessions was intended as a guard against avarice. till there be no place —left for any one else. that they may be —rather, and ye be. the earth

Isaiah 5:8

8. (Le 25:13; Mic 2:2). The jubilee restoration of possessions was intended as a guard against avarice.

till there be no place—left for any one else.

that they may be—rather, and ye be.

the earth—the land.

Isaiah 5:11-12

11. Second Woe—against intemperance.

early—when it was regarded especially shameful to drink (Ac 2:15; 1Th 5:7). Banquets for revelry began earlier than usual (Ec 10:16, 17).

strong drink—Hebrew, sichar, implying intoxication.

continue—drinking all day till evening.

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).