Jeremiah 7:34

God's Word

In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will banish the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms, because the land will be a wasteland.”

Cross References

Job 3:7

Let that night be empty. Let no joyful singing be heard in it.

Psalm 78:63

Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins heard no wedding songs.

Isaiah 1:7

“Your country is devastated. Your cities are burned down. Your fields are destroyed right before your eyes by foreigners. Your fields are devastated and taken over by foreigners.

Isaiah 3:26

The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted.

Isaiah 6:11

I asked, “How long, O Lord?” And he replied, “Until the cities lie in ruins with no one living in them, the houses have no people, and the land is completely desolate.

Jeremiah 16:9

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to put a stop to the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms in this place. This will happen in your lifetime, while you watch.

Jeremiah 22:6

“This is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah: This palace is like Gilead to me, like the top of Lebanon. I will certainly turn it into a desert, into cities that no one lives in.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.

Jeremiah 27:17

Don’t listen to them. Instead, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be turned into rubble?

Jeremiah 33:10

“This is what the Lord says: You have said that this place is ruined and that no people or animals live in it. It’s true! The cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are deserted. No people or animals live there. But once again you will hear

Jeremiah 33:11

the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms. You will hear those who bring thank offerings to the Lord’s temple say, ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Armies because the Lord is good, because his mercy endures forever.’ I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:26

I see that the fertile land has become a desert, and all its cities are torn down because of the Lord and his burning anger.

Jeremiah 4:27

This is what the Lord says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not destroy it completely.

Jeremiah 44:6

That is why my fury and anger were poured out and continued to burn in the cities of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem. So they became the desolate ruin that they are today.

Lamentations 5:14

⌞Our⌟ older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and ⌞our⌟ young men no longer play their music.

Ezekiel 26:13

“I will put a stop to your noisy songs, and the music from your harps will no longer be heard.

Ezekiel 7:11

Violence has grown into a weapon for punishing wickedness. None of the people will be left. None of that crowd, none of their wealth, and nothing of value will be left.

Hosea 2:11

I will put an end to all her celebrations: her annual festivals, her New Moon Festivals, her weekly worship days—all her appointed festivals.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all the times she burned incense as an offering to other gods—the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry, and she chased after her lovers. She forgot me,” declares the Lord.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

Micah 7:13

The earth will become a wasteland for those who live on it because of what the people living there have done.

Revelation 18:23

Light from lamps will never shine in it again. Voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in it again. Its merchants were the important people of the world, because all the nations were deceived by its witchcraft.