So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
- KJV And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
- NKJV I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.
- NASB So I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will no longer be heard.
- NLT I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.
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Quick answer
God will silence the noise of Tyre's songs and harps. It signals the end of the city's joy and festivity.
Overview
Music symbolized Tyre's celebration, prosperity, and life. Its cessation marks not only military defeat but the extinguishing of all gladness. The somber stillness foretold here contrasts with the new song of the redeemed, reminding us that lasting joy is found only in the Lord, not in fleeting earthly splendor.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 23:16“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
- Jer 7:34I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
- Jer 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Isa 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- Jer 16:9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
- Isa 24:8–9The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- Hos 2:11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
- Isa 22:2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
- Ezek 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
- Amos 6:4–7You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- Isa 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Isa 23:7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
- Jas 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- Rev 18:22–23And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
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