Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
9They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Cross References
Psalms 137:2Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Isaiah 23:15And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, according to the days of one king: but after seventy years, there shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot.
Jeremiah 16:9For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will take away out of this place in your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Ezekiel 26:13And I will make the multitude of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall be heard no more.
Amos 6:7Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken 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 →