Isaiah 24:8
Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
Young's Literal Translation
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
7Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.
9With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.
Cross References
Psalms 137:2On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
Isaiah 23:15And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot.
Jeremiah 16:9For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.
Ezekiel 26:13And I have caused the noise of thy songs to cease, And the voice of thy harps is heard no more.
Amos 6:7Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.
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 →