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The melodious chords of the harp are silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The mirth of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The joy of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The joy of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The gaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The gaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The joy of tambourines ceases; The rumbling of those exulting stops; The joy of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases, The noise of those who rejoice ends, The joy of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No one plays tambourines or stringed instruments; all noisy celebrating has come to an end. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Joyful tambourine music stops. Noisy celebrations cease. Joyful harp music stops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and the joyful music of their harps and drums has ceased. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The celebrations of the tambourine have ended, the noise of the jubilant has stopped, and the mirth that the harp produces has ended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The joy of tambourines has ceased, "" The noise of exulting ones has ceased, "" The joy of a harp has ceased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The exulting of the drums ceased, the noise of those triumphing, left off, the exulting of the harp ceased.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Stilled are the cheerful timbrels, ended the shouts of the jubilant, stilled the cheerful harp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The mirth of the timbrels has ceased, the noise of those that rejoice has ended, the joy of the harp is over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Joy and the tambourine has ceased and the sound of dancing has stopped; joy and the harp has ceased!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, The noise of them that rejoice endeth, The joy of the harp ceaseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/24-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4874" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/24.htm">God's Judgment on the Earth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4885.htm" title="4885: mə·śō·wś (N-msc) -- Exultation, rejoicing. From suws; delight, concretely or abstractly.">The joyful</a> <a href="/hebrew/8596.htm" title="8596: tup·pîm (N-mp) -- A timbrel, tambourine. From taphaph contracted; a tambourine.">tambourines</a> <a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: šā·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">have ceased;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7588.htm" title="7588: šə·’ō·wn (N-msc) -- A roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar. From sha'ah; uproar; by implication, destruction.">the noise</a> <a href="/hebrew/5947.htm" title="5947: ‘al·lî·zîm (Adj-mp) -- Exultant, jubilant. From alaz; exultant.">of revelers</a> <a href="/hebrew/2308.htm" title="2308: ḥā·ḏal (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To cease. A primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. desist; be lacking or idle.">has stopped;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4885.htm" title="4885: mə·śō·wś (N-msc) -- Exultation, rejoicing. From suws; delight, concretely or abstractly.">the joyful</a> <a href="/hebrew/3658.htm" title="3658: kin·nō·wr (N-ms) -- A lyre. From a unused root meaning to twang; a harp.">harp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: šā·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">is silent.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Jeremiah 25:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Revelation 18:22</a></span><br />And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Ezekiel 26:13</a></span><br />So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Hosea 2:11</a></span><br />I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14-15</a></span><br />The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. / Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Joel 1:12</a></span><br />The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-16.htm">Joel 1:16</a></span><br />Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Zephaniah 1:13</a></span><br />Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Matthew 24:12</a></span><br />Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a></span><br />At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Isaiah 16:10</a></span><br />Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The mirth of tabrets ceases, the noise of them that rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Isaiah 23:15,16</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Jeremiah 16:9</a></b></br> For 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/17-3.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Ceases</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Ceaseth</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Exulting</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Gaiety</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-16.htm">Harp</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Jubilant</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Lyre</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Mirth</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-16.htm">Music</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Revelers</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Stilled</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-13.htm">Stops</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Tabrets</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Tambourines</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Tambours</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Timbrels</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Ceases</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Ceaseth</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Exulting</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Gaiety</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-9.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/daniel/3-5.htm">Harp</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Jubilant</a> <a href="/daniel/3-5.htm">Lyre</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Mirth</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Music</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-9.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Revelers</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-21.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Stilled</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Stops</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tabrets</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tambourines</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tambours</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Timbrels</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">The doleful judgments of God upon the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">A remnant shall joyfully praise him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">God in his judgments shall advance his kingdom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, tambourines were commonly used in festive occasions and religious celebrations (<a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20</a>, <a href="/psalms/81-2.htm">Psalm 81:2</a>). The cessation of tambourines symbolizes the end of joy and festivity, reflecting a period of mourning or divine judgment. This imagery is consistent with the broader context of <a href="/isaiah/24.htm">Isaiah 24</a>, which describes a time of desolation and divine retribution upon the earth.<p><b>the noise of revelers has stopped;</b><br>Revelers are those who engage in lively and noisy festivities, often associated with feasting and drinking. The stopping of their noise signifies a halt to merriment and indulgence, suggesting a time of soberness and reflection. This can be seen as a consequence of God's judgment, where the usual activities of life are interrupted. The cessation of revelry is a common theme in prophetic literature, where divine intervention disrupts human activities (<a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a>, <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Hosea 2:11</a>).<p><b>the joyful harp is silent.</b><br>The harp, an instrument often used in worship and celebration, being silent indicates a profound loss of joy and worship. In biblical times, the harp was associated with both secular and sacred music (<a href="/1_samuel/16-23.htm">1 Samuel 16:23</a>, <a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Psalm 33:2</a>). Its silence here underscores the gravity of the situation described in <a href="/isaiah/24.htm">Isaiah 24</a>, where the normal expressions of joy and worship are stilled. This silence can also be seen as a metaphor for the absence of God's presence and blessing, as music and worship are often linked to divine favor and presence (<a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm">2 Chronicles 5:13-14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages of judgment and hope from God to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, often the primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, facing impending judgment due to their disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/revelers.htm">Revelers</a></b><br>People engaged in festive celebrations, often associated with music and dancing, representing joy and merriment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tambourines_and_harps.htm">Tambourines and Harps</a></b><br>Musical instruments commonly used in celebrations and worship, symbolizing joy and festivity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/24.htm">Isaiah 24</a>, where God pronounces judgment on the earth, leading to the cessation of joy and celebration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_joy.htm">The Transience of Earthly Joy</a></b><br>Earthly celebrations and joys are temporary and can be abruptly halted by divine intervention. We should seek joy that is rooted in God, which is eternal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The cessation of joy in <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8</a> serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. Our actions have spiritual and sometimes physical repercussions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>God is in control of all things, including the rise and fall of nations and the joy or sorrow of peoples. Trusting in His sovereignty brings peace amidst life's uncertainties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The silence of joy is a call to introspection and repentance. It is an opportunity to turn back to God and seek His forgiveness and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While judgment is a theme in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/24.htm">Isaiah 24</a>, the broader message of Isaiah includes hope and restoration for those who turn to God. Our hope is in Christ, who offers eternal joy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_church_instruments.htm">What does the Bible say about church musical instruments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_prayers_unanswered_if_god_answers.htm">Isaiah 65:24: If God answers before people call, why are there countless unanswered prayers and unresolved suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_ask_for_a_volunteer.htm">Isaiah 6:8 - If God is omniscient, why does He ask for a volunteer to deliver His message instead of simply choosing someone?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'i_am'.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'Before Abraham was, I am'?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">The mirth of tabrets . . .</span>--The words point to the processions of women with timbrels (tambourines) and sacred harps or lyres, like those of <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm" title="And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.">Exodus 15:20</a>; <a href="/judges/11-34.htm" title="And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.">Judges 11:34</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm" title="And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.">1Samuel 18:6</a>, as was customary in seasons of victory. (Comp. the striking parallel of <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/3-45.htm" title="Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.">1 Maccabees 3:45</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The mirth of tabrets... of the harp ceaseth</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a>). The feasting, and the drinking-songs, and the musical accompaniment, common at the vintage season, are discontinued. All is dismay and wretchedness - desolation in the present, worse desolation expected in the future. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/24-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The joyful</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·śō·wś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4885.htm">Strong's 4885: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exultation, rejoicing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tambourines</span><br /><span class="heb">תֻּפִּ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(tup·pîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8596.htm">Strong's 8596: </a> </span><span class="str2">A timbrel, tambourine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have ceased;</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבַת֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> </span><span class="str2">To repose, desist from exertion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the noise</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁא֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(šə·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7588.htm">Strong's 7588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A roar (of waters, etcetera), din, crash, uproar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of revelers</span><br /><span class="heb">עַלִּיזִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘al·lî·zîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5947.htm">Strong's 5947: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exultant, jubilant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has stopped;</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḏal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2308.htm">Strong's 2308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the joyful</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·śō·wś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4885.htm">Strong's 4885: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exultation, rejoicing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">harp</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּנּֽוֹר׃</span> <span class="translit">(kin·nō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3658.htm">Strong's 3658: </a> </span><span class="str2">A harp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is silent.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> </span><span class="str2">To repose, desist from exertion</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 24:8 The mirth of tambourines ceases (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 24:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 24:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/24-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 24:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 24:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>