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The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in 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 become a waste. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Then I will 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. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then I will eliminate from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a site of ruins. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste place. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then I will cause the voices of joy and gladness, and the voices of the bridegroom and the bride to vanish from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will become a ruin—a wasteland. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 become a waste. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When I am finished with your land, there will be deathly silence in the empty ruins of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah--no happy voices, no sounds of parties or wedding celebrations. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 become a waste. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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." <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> The land will become a desert. In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the happy sounds of wedding feasts. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem I'll bring an end to the sound of gladness and rejoicing, to the sounds of the bridegroom and bride, for the land will become a wasteland." <a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland." <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 become a waste." <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Then I will 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 will become a waste.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, "" And from streets of Jerusalem, "" The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, "" Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, "" For the land becomes a desolation!” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation! <a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I caused to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be for a desolation.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will cause ot cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the coice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, I will cause the cessation of the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride. For the land will be in utter desolation.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> I will silence the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will be turned to rubble. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And I will bring to an end the sound of mirth and gladness, the voice of the bride and bridegroom in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for the land shall become a waste.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then I shall 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 all the land shall become desolate. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall rid from the cities of Judea and from the streets of Jerusalem the sound of dancing and the sound of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, because all the land will be for desolation <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will destroy out of the cities of Juda, and the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of them that make merry, and the voice of them that rejoice, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; for the whole land shall become a desolation. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2442" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">The Valley of Slaughter</a> …33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away. 34<a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: wə·hiš·bat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">I will remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: mê·‘ā·rê (Prep-m:: N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">from the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ū·mê·ḥu·ṣō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">and the streets</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">the sounds</a> <a href="/hebrew/8342.htm" title="8342: śā·śō·wn (N-ms) -- Exultation, rejoicing. Or sason; from suws; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome.">of joy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: śim·ḥāh (N-fs) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">and gladness</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: wə·qō·wl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">and the voices</a> <a href="/hebrew/3618.htm" title="3618: kal·lāh (N-fs) -- Daughter-in-law, bride. From kalal; a bride; hence, a son's wife.">of the bride</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: wə·qō·wl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/2860.htm" title="2860: ḥā·ṯān (N-ms) -- A relative by marriage, a circumcised child. From chathan; a relative by marriage; figuratively, a circumcised child.">bridegroom,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/2723.htm" title="2723: lə·ḥā·rə·bāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, desolation, ruin. Feminine of choreb; properly, drought, i.e. a desolation.">a wasteland.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Jeremiah 16:9</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Jeremiah 25:10</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-12</a> The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. / The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. / They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. ... <a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Ezekiel 26:13</a> So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard. <a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a> 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.” <a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14-15</a> 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. <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Hosea 2:11</a> I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts. <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Isaiah 5:14</a> Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers! <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Isaiah 32:13-14</a> and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. / For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks— <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Zephaniah 1:13</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Matthew 24:12</a> Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. <a href="/luke/21-22.htm">Luke 21:22-24</a> For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. / How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. / They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. <a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Revelation 18:22</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Isaiah 13:10</a> For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.to cease.<a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Jeremiah 16:9</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Jeremiah 25:10</a> Moreover 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.<a href="/jeremiah/33-10.htm">Jeremiah 33:10</a> Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,for.<a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27</a> For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.<a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a> And 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.<a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a> Your 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Bride</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Bridegroom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/psalms/2-4.htm">Laughing</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Mirth</a> <a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Newly-Married</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-30.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Bride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Bridegroom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Laughing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Mirth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Newly-Married</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-19.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 7</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">He rejects their vain confidence,</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">by the example of Shiloh.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">He threatens them for their idolatry.</a> 21. <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient.</a> 29. <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;</a> 32. <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">and the judgments for the same.</a> </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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Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled during the Babylonian conquest when Jerusalem was besieged and destroyed in 586 BC. The cities of Judah, including Jerusalem, were left desolate, reflecting God's judgment for the people's persistent idolatry and disobedience. The geographical focus on Judah and Jerusalem underscores the significance of these locations as the heart of the Jewish nation and religious practice.the sounds of joy and gladness The removal of joy and gladness signifies the end of normal, everyday life and celebrations. In ancient Israel, joy and gladness were often associated with festivals, worship, and community gatherings. The absence of these sounds indicates a profound loss and a shift from a state of blessing to one of desolation. This echoes the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to national calamity and sorrow.and the voices of the bride and bridegroom Marriage celebrations were a symbol of prosperity and continuity in Jewish culture. The silencing of these voices represents the cessation of future generations and the breakdown of societal structures. This imagery is used elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a>, to depict the fall of Babylon, drawing a parallel between the judgment on Jerusalem and future judgments on other nations.for the land will become a wasteland The transformation of the land into a wasteland is a direct consequence of the people's sin and rebellion against God. This desolation fulfills the warnings given by the prophets, including Jeremiah, about the consequences of forsaking the covenant with God. The term "wasteland" evokes images of barrenness and ruin, contrasting with the land's intended purpose as a place of abundance and blessing. This desolation also serves as a type of the ultimate judgment and restoration themes found in eschatological prophecies, pointing to the need for repentance and the hope of eventual restoration through the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by themes of repentance and judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. It was the focal point of Jeremiah's prophecies, especially concerning its impending judgment due to idolatry and disobedience. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish worship and identity. It was the location of the temple and a symbol of God's presence among His people. 4. <a href="/topical/b/bride_and_bridegroom.htm">Bride and Bridegroom</a> Symbolic of joy, celebration, and the continuation of life and community. Their absence signifies a profound loss and desolation. 5. <a href="/topical/d/desolate_waste.htm">Desolate Waste</a> A prophetic description of the land's future state due to God's judgment. It emphasizes the severity of the consequences of the people's sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The removal of joy and gladness from Judah and Jerusalem serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. Disobedience leads to spiritual and often physical desolation. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a> Jeremiah's message underscores the need for genuine repentance. God's warnings are opportunities for His people to turn back to Him and avoid judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophetic_warning.htm">The Role of Prophetic Warning</a> Prophets like Jeremiah were sent to guide and correct God's people. Their messages, though often difficult, are acts of divine mercy intended to bring about restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_loss_of_community_and_celebration.htm">The Loss of Community and Celebration</a> The absence of the bride and bridegroom's voices symbolizes the breakdown of community and the loss of hope. It challenges us to consider how sin affects not just individuals but entire communities. <a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a> While the immediate message is one of judgment, the broader account of Scripture assures us of God's desire to restore and renew. Even in desolation, there is hope for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 7</a> <a href="/q/how_do_interpreters_align_ezekiel_39_with_other_ot_outcomes_for_israel.htm">How do interpreters harmonize the restoration promises in Ezekiel 39:21–29 with other Old Testament passages that describe different outcomes for Israel?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_nebuchadnezzar's_dual_siege.htm">Jeremiah 34:7 - Where is the archeological evidence that Nebuchadnezzar besieged both Jerusalem and Lachish simultaneously as stated?</a> <a href="/q/why_re-enslave_after_freeing_slaves.htm">Jeremiah 34:8-11 - Why would the Israelites release their slaves, then immediately re-enslave them, if this event was truly a binding covenant?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_jeremiah_22_5's_judgment.htm">In Jeremiah 22:5, how can one verify historically or archaeologically that God's promised judgment on the house of David came to pass exactly as stated?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) Then will I cause to cease . . . the voice of mirth.--The special imagery of the picture of desolation is characteristic of Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm" title="For thus said 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.">Jeremiah 16:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm" title="Moreover 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.">Jeremiah 25:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm" title="The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 33:11</a>). No words could paint the utter break-up of the life of the nation more forcibly. Nothing is heard but wailing and lamentation, or, more terrible even than that, there is the utter silence of solitude. The capacity for joy and the occasions for rejoicing (comp. <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/9-39.htm" title="Where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, there was much ado and great carriage: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends and brethren, to meet them with drums, and instruments of musick, and many weapons.">1 Maccabees 9:39</a> for the bridal rejoicings of Israel) belong alike to the past.Shall be desolate.--The same word as in the "waste places" of <a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm" title="For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.">Isaiah 51:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm" title="And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.">Isaiah 58:12</a>; it is used in <a href="/ezekiel/13-4.htm" title="O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.">Ezekiel 13:4</a> for the haunts of the "foxes," or rather the "jackals" of the "deserts," but always of places that, having been once inhabited, have fallen into ruins (<a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm" title="And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the smell of your sweet odors.">Leviticus 26:31</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 34. - The land shall be desolate; rather, shall become a waste. The curse denounced upon the disobedient people in <a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Leviticus 26:31, 33</a> (for another parallel between this chapter and <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>, see ver. 23). In both passages the word for "waste" is khorbah, which, as Dr. Payne Smith remarks, is "used only of places which, having once been inhabited, have then fallen into ruin." Hebrew is rich in synonyms for the idea of "desolation." <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will remove וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י ׀ (wə·hiš·bat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> To repose, desist from exertion from the cities מֵעָרֵ֣י (mê·‘ā·rê) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and the streets וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ (ū·mê·ḥu·ṣō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors of Jerusalem יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel the sounds ק֤וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of joy שָׂשׂוֹן֙ (śā·śō·wn) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8342.htm">Strong's 8342: </a> Cheerfulness, welcome and gladness שִׂמְחָ֔ה (śim·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> Blithesomeness, glee and the voices וְק֣וֹל (wə·qō·wl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of the bride כַּלָּ֑ה (kal·lāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3618.htm">Strong's 3618: </a> Daughter-in-law, bride and וְק֣וֹל (wə·qō·wl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound bridegroom, חָתָ֖ן (ḥā·ṯān) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2860.htm">Strong's 2860: </a> A relative by marriage, a circumcised child for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the land הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land will become תִּהְיֶ֥ה (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a wasteland.” לְחָרְבָּ֖ה (lə·ḥā·rə·bāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2723.htm">Strong's 2723: </a> Waste, desolation, ruin <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:34 Then will I cause to cease (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 8:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 8:1" /></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>