Isaiah 24:8

Easy To Read Version

People have stopped showing their joy. All the happy sounds have stopped. The happy music from the drums and harps has ended.

Cross References

Job 3:7

Don’t let that night produce anything.\par Let no happy shout be heard on that night.\par

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to play sad songs.\par

Psalm 137:2

We hung our harps\par on the willow trees nearby. {\cf2\super [629]} \par

Isaiah 16:10

There will be no joy and singing in Carmel. {\cf2\super [171]} \par I will end the happiness at harvest time.\par The grapes are ready to become wine.\par But they will all be wasted.\par

Isaiah 5:12

You party with your wine, harps, {\cf2\super [52]} drums, flutes, and other musical instruments. And you don’t see the things the Lord has done. The Lord’s hands have made many, many things—but you don’t notice those things. So, it will be very bad for you people.

Isaiah 5:14

Then \{they will die and\} Sheol, {\cf2\super [53]} \{the place of death\}, will get more and more people. That \{place of death\} will open her mouth with no limit. And all those people will go down into Sheol.”

Jeremiah 16:9

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel says these things: ‘I will soon stop the sounds of people having fun. I will stop the happy sounds people make during a wedding party. This will happen during your lifetime. I will do these things quickly.’

Jeremiah 25:10

I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and happiness in those places. There will be no more happy sounds of the brides and bridegrooms. I will take away the sound of people grinding meal. I will take away the light of the lamp.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders no longer sit at the gates\par of the city.\par The young men no longer make music.\par

Ezekiel 26:13

So I will stop the sound of your happy songs. People won’t hear your harps any more.

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden,\par the Garden of God.\par You had every precious stone—\par rubies, topaz, and diamonds;\par beryls, onyx, and jasper;\par sapphires, turquoise, and emeralds.\par And each of these stones was set in gold.\par You were given this beauty\par on the day you were created.\par \{God\} made you strong.\par

Hosea 2:11

“Then the people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will choose one ruler for themselves. And their nation will be too large for the land! {\cf2\super [9]} Jezreel’s day will be truly great.”

Amos 6:7

Those people are stretched out on their couches now. But their good times will end. They will be taken away like prisoners to a foreign country. And they will be some of the first people taken.

Revelation 18:22

The music of people playing harps {\cf2\super [138]} and other instruments, flutes and trumpets,\par will never be heard in you again.\par No workman doing any job will ever be found in you again.\par The sound of a millstone {\cf2\super [139]} will never be heard in you again.\par