Isaiah 24:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Hosea 2:11

I will take away all her fun. I will stop her festivals, her New Moon celebrations, and her days of rest. I will stop all her special feasts.

Revelation 18:22

O Babylon, the music of people playing harps and other instruments, flutes and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No worker doing any job will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.

Ezekiel 26:13

So I will stop the sound of your happy songs. People will not hear your harps anymore.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and happiness in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. There will be no more sounds of the bride and bridegroom in Judah or Jerusalem. The land will become an empty desert.”

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.

Jeremiah 16:9

This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel says: I will soon stop the sounds of people having fun. I will stop the happy sounds of people enjoying a wedding party. This will happen during your lifetime. I will do these things very soon.

Isaiah 5:12

At your parties with your wine, harps, drums, flutes, and other musical instruments, you don’t see what the Lord has done. You don’t notice what his hands have made.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to play songs of sorrow. My flute makes sad sounds like someone crying.

Psalm 137:2

We hung our harps nearby, there on the willow trees.

Isaiah 5:14

They will die, and the place of death will open its mouth wide and swallow many of them. Then the noisy crowds and all the beautiful, happy people who are now so comfortable will go down into the grave.

Isaiah 16:10

There will be no joy and happiness in the orchard. I will end the happy singing and shouting in the vineyard. The grapes are ready to make wine, but they will all be ruined.

Lamentations 5:14

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

Ezekiel 28:13

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

Job 3:7

I wish that night had produced nothing and no happy shouts had been heard.

Amos 6:7

You people are stretched out on your couches now, but your good times will end. You will be taken away as prisoners to a foreign country, and you will be some of the first people taken.