God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 24:8
8Joyful tambourine music stops. Noisy celebrations cease. Joyful harp music stops.
Isaiah 24:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
- New International Version (NIV)The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The mirth of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.
Context of Isaiah 24:8
6That is why a curse devours the earth, and its people are punished for their guilt. That is why those who live on the earth are burned up, and only a few people are left. 7New wine dries up, and grapevines waste away. All happy people groan. Joyful tambourine music stops. Noisy celebrations cease. Joyful harp music stops. 9People no longer drink wine when they sing. Liquor tastes bad to its drinkers. 10The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred shut.
Read all of Isaiah 24Isaiah 24:8 word by word
שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ תֻּפִּ֔ים חָדַ֖ל שְׁא֣וֹן עַלִּיזִ֑ים שָׁבַ֖ת מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ כִּנּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 24:8
- Isaiah 23:15When that day comes, Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of the 70 years, Tyre will be like the prostitute in this song:
- Jeremiah 7:34In 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.”
- Jeremiah 16:9This 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 24:10I will send wars, famines, and plagues until they disappear from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.’ ”
- Ezekiel 26:13“I will put a stop to your noisy songs, and the music from your harps will no longer be heard.
- Hosea 2:11I will put an end to all her celebrations: her annual festivals, her New Moon Festivals, her weekly worship days—all her appointed festivals.
- Revelation 18:22The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in it again. A skilled craftsman—regardless of the type of craft— will never be found in it again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in it again.
Commentaries on Isaiah 24:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The mirth, etc. - שאון sheon, the noise. גאון geon, the pride, is the reading of three of De Rossi's MSS., with the Septuagint and Arabic.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The mirth of tabrets - The joy and exultation which is produced by tabrets. On the words tabret‘ (תף tôph ) and harp‘ (כנור kinnôr ), see the notes at Isaiah 5:12.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Tambourines and the sweet sounds of the harp represent happy times (see Isaiah 5:12; Revelation 18:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Re 18:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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