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God’s Judgment on the Earth

Isaiah 24:8

In 11 translations

BSB
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
KJV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
WEB
The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
ASV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
LSV
The joy of tambourines has ceased, || The noise of exulting ones has ceased, || The joy of a harp has ceased.
YLT
Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
DBY
the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
DRC
The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
GNV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noyse of them that reioyce, endeth: the ioye of the harpe ceaseth.
JPS
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
LXXE
The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ תֻּפִּ֔ים חָדַ֖ל שְׁא֣וֹן עַלִּיזִ֑ים שָׁבַ֖ת מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ כִּנּֽוֹר׃
LXX-Br
Πέπαυται εὐφροσύνη τυμπάνων, πέπαυται φωνὴ κιθάρας.

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  • Hosea 2:11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.
  • Jeremiah 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.”
  • Revelation 18:22And 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.
  • Ezekiel 26:13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
  • Jeremiah 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.
  • Jeremiah 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.
  • Isaiah 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.
  • Isaiah 23:15–16At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O…

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