And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more 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.
- BSB So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be 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
Cross-references · 14
- Isa 23:16Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
- Jer 7:34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
- Jer 25:10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
- Isa 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
- Jer 16:9For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
- Isa 24:8–9The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
- Hos 2:11I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
- Isa 22:2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
- Ezek 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
- Amos 6:4–7That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
- Isa 5:12And 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.
- Isa 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
- Jas 5:1–5Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Rev 18:22–23And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
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