Isaiah 24:8
in Isaiah 24The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
KJV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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This verse in Isaiah 24
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe 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.
This site's exposition
The earth mourns and withers
on Isaiah 24:4-9
The mourning spreads from the land to the vine and the harp: "The earth mourns and withers". The people "have transgressed the laws" and "broken the everlasting covenant", and Henry sets that covenant beside the one made with Noah in Genesis 9. So "a curse has consumed the earth".
This site's exposition
The joyful tambourines have ceased
The tambourine and the harp were the instruments of the feast in 5:12, and Barnes sends the reader there. Their silence is the sound of a ruined city. Revelation 18:22 closes the fall of Babylon with the same silence of harps.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 7 and following) The grape harvest has failed, the vine is weakened, all those who rejoiced in their hearts have sighed. The joy of the tambourines has ceased, the sound of the rejoicers has quieted, the sweetness of the lyre has been silenced, as those who do not drink wine with singing, bitter will be the drink for those who drink it. The city of vanity is worn away, every house is closed with no one entering.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Or in the playing of games: the mirth of timbrels has ceased: the voice of harpers, harping on their harps (Rev 14:2).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,.... Or of drums, and such like musical instruments, used at junketings and jovial feasts.
Let your laughter be turned into mourning. When the earth is emptied the noise of those that rejoice in it ends. Carnal joy is a noisy thing; but the noise of it will soon be at an end, and the end of it is heaviness.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The 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 Isa 5:12.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁבַת֙ | shavat | it has ceased | H7673 → | 71 times |
| מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ | mesos | [the] gaiety of | H4885 → | 17 times |
| תֻּפִּ֔ים | tupim | tambourines | H8596 → | 17 times |
| חָדַ֖ל | chadal | it has stopped | H2308 → | 58 times |
| שְׁא֣וֹן | sheon | [the] uproar of | H7588 → | 18 times |
| עַלִּיזִ֑ים | ʾalizim | jubilant [people] | H5947 → | 7 times |
| שָׁבַ֖ת | shavat | it has ceased | H7673 → | 71 times |
| מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ | mesos | [the] gaiety of | H4885 → | 17 times |
| כִּנּֽוֹר׃ | kinor | [the] harp | H3658 → | 42 times |
שָׁבַת֙it has ceased
shavatH7673 →71 times
מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ[the] gaiety of
mesosH4885 →17 times
תֻּפִּ֔יםtambourines
tupimH8596 →17 times
חָדַ֖לit has stopped
chadalH2308 →58 times
שְׁא֣וֹן[the] uproar of
sheonH7588 →18 times
עַלִּיזִ֑יםjubilant [people]
ʾalizimH5947 →7 times
שָׁבַ֖תit has ceased
shavatH7673 →71 times
מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ[the] gaiety of
mesosH4885 →17 times
כִּנּֽוֹר׃[the] harp
kinorH3658 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 2:11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:34
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.”
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 16:9
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…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 1:13–14
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
- Amos 5:21
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Amos 8:5
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us…
- Jeremiah 7:34
Through
Revelation 18:22And 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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 26:13
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:10
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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 26:13
Through
Ezekiel 26:13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
it leads to
- Isaiah 24:8–9
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 24:8–9
About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.