Isaiah 24:8
The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
Bible in Basic English
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 is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
9There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
Cross References
Psalms 137:2Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.
Isaiah 23:15And it will be in that day that Tyre will go out of mind for seventy years, that is, the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre as in the song of the loose woman.
Jeremiah 16:9For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.
Ezekiel 26:13I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.
Amos 6:7So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
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 →