Jeremiah 7:34
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Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
In other translations
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
Hebrew words
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי׀vehishbatiand I will cause to ceaseH7673מֵעָרֵיme'areifrom [the] cities ofH5892יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063וּמֵחֻצוֹתumechutzotand from [the] streets ofH2351יְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalimJerusalemH3389קוֹלkol[the] sound ofH6963שָׂשׂוֹןsasonjoyH8342וְקוֹלvekoland [the] sound ofH6963שִׂמְחָהsimchahgladnessH8057קוֹלkol[the] sound ofH6963חָתָןchatana bridegroomH2860וְקוֹלvekoland [the] sound ofH6963כַּלָּהkalaha brideH3618כִּיkiforH3588לְחָרְבָּהlecharebah<into> a desolationH2723תִּהְיֶהtihyehit will becomeH1961הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe landH776
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Related verses
- Hosea 2:11I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.
- Ezekiel 26:13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
- Jeremiah 25:10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Isaiah 24:7-87 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. 8 The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- Jeremiah 16:9For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
- Micah 7:13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
- Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
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People and places
People: Judah
Places: Jerusalem