Isaiah 24:8
The happy sound of the tambourines stops, and the revelry of those who rejoice; 1 the joy of the lyre ceases. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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, the vine withers, all the merry-hearted groan. 1
9They no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it. 1
Cross References
Psalms 137:2On the poplars there 1 we hung our harps. 1
Isaiah 23:15In that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of a king. After the end of seventy years there will happen in Tyre something like in the song of the prostitute. 1
Jeremiah 16:9For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride.'
Ezekiel 26:13I will stop the noise of your songs. The sound of your harps will be heard no more.
Amos 6:7So they will now go into exile with the first exiles, 1 and the feasts of those who lounge about will pass away. 1
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 →