Jeremiah 7:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י ׀ מֵעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ק֤וֹל שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְק֣וֹל שִׂמְחָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חָתָ֖ן וְק֣וֹל כַּלָּ֑ה כִּ֥י לְחָרְבָּ֖ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-hišbattî from-ʿārê yəhûdâ and-from-ḥuṣôt yərûšālaim qôl śāśôn wə-qôl śimḥâ qôl ḥātān wə-qôl kallâ kî for-ḥorbâ tihyeh hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*wə-hišbattî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - and I will cause to cease
*ʿārê*: construct plural noun - cities of
*yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*ḥuṣôt*: construct plural noun - streets of
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*qôl*: masculine singular construct noun - voice of/sound of
*śāśôn*: masculine singular noun - joy/gladness
*wə-qôl*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and voice of
*śimḥâ*: feminine singular noun - rejoicing/happiness
*ḥātān*: masculine singular noun - bridegroom
*kallâ*: feminine singular noun - bride
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥorbâ*: feminine singular noun - waste/desolation
*tihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the land

Word Meanings

*hišbattî*: cause to cease/end/make disappear
*ḥuṣôt*: streets/outside areas/plazas
*qôl*: voice/sound/noise
*śāśôn*: joy/gladness/exultation
*śimḥâ*: rejoicing/happiness/celebration
*ḥorbâ*: waste/desolation/ruin

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 26:13 : 13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Hos 2:11 : 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Rev 18:23 : 23 And 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.
Lev 26:33 : 33 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.
Isa 24:7-8 : 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Jer 16:9 : 9 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.
Jer 25:10 : 10 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.
Jer 4:27 : 27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Isa 1:7 : 7 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.
Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Isa 6:11 : 11 Then 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,
Jer 33:10 : 10 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,
Mic 7:13 : 13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

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Jer 16:9
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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.
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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.
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