KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 7:34
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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!
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 7
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray [them] away.
34 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.
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וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י׀H7673 · sha.vatto ceaseמֵעָרֵ֣יH5892 · irexcitementיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙H2351 · chutsoutsideיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemק֤וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceשָׂשׂוֹן֙H8342 · sa.s.vonrejoicingוְק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceשִׂמְחָ֔הH8057 · sim.chahjoyק֥וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceחָתָ֖ןH2860 · cha.tanson-in-lawוְק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceכַּלָּ֑הH3618 · kal.lahdaughter-in-law: brideכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforלְחָרְבָּ֖הH2723 · chor.bahdesolationתִּהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
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.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.Ezekiel 26:13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.Isaiah 24:7-8The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.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.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.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.Jeremiah 4:27For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.Micah 7:13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.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.Isaiah 6:11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,Jeremiah 33:10Thus 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,
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