The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

  • KJV King James Version

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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Cross-references (8)

Passages linked to Isaiah 24:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
  • Jeremiah 7:34 Then 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 will become a waste.”
  • Ezekiel 26:13 I will cause the noise of your songs to cease. The sound of your harps won’t be heard any more.
  • Revelation 18:22 The 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.
  • Jeremiah 16:9 For 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.
  • Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover 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.
  • Isaiah 5:12 The 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.
  • Isaiah 23:15-16 It 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. Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

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Explain this verse (12 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise…

Isa 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Ver. 8. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth.] Quicquid laetitiarum fuit, in luctum vertitur.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Tabrets; which they used in their feasts and revellings.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,.... Or of drums, and…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Tabrets - Which they used in their feasts. The…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. The mirth, &c.] שאון sheon, the noise.…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The mirth of tabrets - The joy and exultation…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Rev 18:22).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8, 9. On the use of music at feasts,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) The mirth of tabrets . . .—The words…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The mirth of tabrets... of the harp ceaseth. (comp.…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:8 Tambourines and melodious chords of the harp represent…

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