Jeremiah 7:34
in Jeremiah 7I 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.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Jeremiah 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThen will I cause to cease - the voice of mirth - There shall no longer be in Jerusalem any cause of joy; they shall neither marry nor be given in marriage, for the land shall be totally desolated. Such horrible sins required such a horrible punishment. And they must be horrible, when they move God to destroy the work of his own hands.
This site's exposition
but the Valley of Slaughter
on Jeremiah 7:32-34
The valley is renamed “the Valley of Slaughter”. The sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of bride and bridegroom fall silent, echoed over Babylon in Revelation 18:23. The sermon that opened at the temple gate closes with the land “a wasteland”.
This site's exposition
the voices of the bride and bridegroom
The wedding song stands for ordinary life going on. Clarke reads the verse as the end of marriage in Jerusalem, with no cause of joy left and the land made desolate. Such sins, he adds, drew a judgment of the same weight.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 34.) And I will cause the cities of Judah to cease, and I will silence in 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 become a desolation. And when places of idolatry are turned into tombs, the unburied corpses of those who offended God shall lie there, from the once city of Jerusalem and from the other cities that were under its dominion, all joy and mourning and groaning and desolation shall be removed.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
): Then will I cause to cease the voice of mirth. God had called by his prophets, and by less judgments, to weeping and mourning; but they walked contrary to him, and would hear of nothing but joy and gladness, Isa. xxii.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Silence and desolation are to settle upon the whole land.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י׀ | vehishbati | and I will cause to cease | H7673 → | 71 times |
| מֵעָרֵ֣י | mearei | from [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ | umechutzot | and from [the] streets of | H2351 → | 164 times |
| יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| ק֤וֹל | kol | [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| שָׂשׂוֹן֙ | sason | joy | H8342 → | 22 times |
| וְק֣וֹל | vekol | and [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| שִׂמְחָ֔ה | simchah | gladness | H8057 → | 94 times |
| ק֥וֹל | kol | [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| חָתָ֖ן | chatan | a bridegroom | H2860 → | 20 times |
| וְק֣וֹל | vekol | and [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| כַּלָּ֑ה | kalah | a bride | H3618 → | 34 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְחָרְבָּ֖ה | lecharebah | <into> a desolation | H2723 → | 42 times |
| תִּהְיֶ֥ה | tihyeh | it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י׀and I will cause to cease
vehishbatiH7673 →71 times
מֵעָרֵ֣יfrom [the] cities of
meareiH5892 →1090 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙and from [the] streets of
umechutzotH2351 →164 times
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
ק֤וֹל[the] sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
שָׂשׂוֹן֙joy
sasonH8342 →22 times
וְק֣וֹלand [the] sound of
vekolH6963 →506 times
שִׂמְחָ֔הgladness
simchahH8057 →94 times
ק֥וֹל[the] sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
חָתָ֖ןa bridegroom
chatanH2860 →20 times
וְק֣וֹלand [the] sound of
vekolH6963 →506 times
כַּלָּ֑הa bride
kalahH3618 →34 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לְחָרְבָּ֖ה<into> a desolation
lecharebahH2723 →42 times
תִּהְיֶ֥הit will become
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the land
haaretzH776 →2504 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
Revelation 18:23The 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…
it leads to
- Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance…
- Isaiah 23:8
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
- Nahum 3:4
because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
- Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Revelation 18:3
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 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 2 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 16:9
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
