5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
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And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. …
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The first words of the chapter are the contents of these verses; but they sound very strangely, and contrary to the sentiments of a vain world: Woe to those that are at ease ! We are ready to say, Happy are those that are at ease , that neither feel any trouble nor fear any, that lie soft and warm, and lay nothing to heart; and wise we think are those that do so, that bathe themselves in the delig…
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