1Cor 14:7-8 | ESV | STEP | If even lifeless instruments , such as the flute or the harp , do not give distinct notes , how will anyone know what is played ?

a[Num. 10:9; Isa. 58:1; Jer. 4:19; Ezek. 33:3-6; Joel 2:1]

1 Corinthians 14:7-8

7 If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? 8 And ^aif the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?