I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.
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.
- BSB So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 14
- Isa 23:16Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
- Jer 7:34Then I will 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 become a waste.”
- 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 lamp.
- Isa 14:11Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.
- Jer 16:9For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before 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 tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
- Hos 2:11I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
- Isa 22:2You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
- Ezek 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
- Amos 6:4–7Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;
- Isa 5:12The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
- Isa 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
- Jas 5:1–5Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
- Rev 18:22–23The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.
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