Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
In Context
7The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted do sigh.
9They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
Cross References
Psalms 137:2Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.
Isaiah 23:15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it shall be to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
Jeremiah 16:9For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 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 brid
Ezekiel 26:13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall no more be heard.
Amos 6:7Therefore they shall now go captive with the first who go captive, and the revelry of those who stretched themselves shall pass away.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:2-13
General Desolation Announced. ( b. c. 718.) 1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly… Read the whole commentary →