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Isaiah 24:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The joyful tambourines  have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.

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I will put an end to all her celebrations: her feasts,  New Moons,  and Sabbaths – all her festivals.


The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; no craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again; the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;


I will put an end to the noise of your songs,  and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.


I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride,  for the land will become a desolate waste.


I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them #– #the voice of the groom and the bride,  the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.


For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.


At their feasts they have lyre, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine. They do not perceive the  Lord’s actions, and they do not see the work of his hands.


My lyre is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.


Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses, her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!


Joy and rejoicing  have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. No one tramples grapes  in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting.


The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.


You were in Eden,  the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise  and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created.


Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout  be heard in it.


Therefore, they will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and the feasting  of those who sprawl out will come to an end.





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