The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
Parallel translations
- KJV The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
- BSB The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- NKJV The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.
- NASB The joy of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The joy of the harp ceases.
- NLT The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled; the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp are silent.
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The music of tambourines and harps falls silent and revelry ends. The sounds of human celebration are stilled.
Overview
Instruments of festivity cease, and the noise of merrymaking dies away. The silence portrays a world drained of joy under judgment. It warns that worldly mirth pursued apart from God cannot endure His reckoning.
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Cross-references · 8
- Hos 2:11I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
- Rev 18:22The 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.
- Ezek 26:13I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
- 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.
- 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 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 23:15–16It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute.
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