Isaiah 24:8
The happy sound of tambourines is over; the noise of the party-goers has stopped; the delightful harp music has finished.
Free Bible 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 dries up, and the vine withers. All the people celebrating groan.
9People don't sing any more as they drink wine, and the beer tastes bitter.
Cross References
Psalms 137:2We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
Isaiah 23:15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, a king's lifetime, as it were. But at the end of these seventy years, Tyre will be like the song about a prostitute,
Jeremiah 16:9This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to put a stop right here, while you watch, to any sounds of celebration and joy, the happy voices of the groom and bride.
Ezekiel 26:13This is how I'm going to put a stop to your singing. The music of your harps won't be heard any longer.
Amos 6:7So you will be at the head of those led away into exile; the feasting and lazing around will be over.
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 →