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 gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh of Hosts delivers this declaration through Jeremiah to Judah during a period of impending national disaster, positioned between the prohibition against joining mourning feasts (Jeremiah 16:8) and the people's subsequent question about the cause of the judgment (Jeremiah 16:10).

The words — הִנְ/נִי (hi./Ni) = "here/ I" [H2005] initiates the imminent divine action. כֹ֨ה (khoh) = "thus" [H3541] paired with אָמַ֜ר ('a.Mar) = "he says" [H559] establishes the formal prophetic speech formula.

The thread — The specific removal of joy, gladness, and wedding voices recurs in Jeremiah 7:34 and Jeremiah 25:10, while Ezekiel 26:13 parallels the judgment by describing the silencing of songs and lyres in a condemned city.

Why it lands — The text states that communal celebration will be physically erased from the land within the current generation, demanding a direct confrontation with the reality that covenant rejection terminates ordinary social and religious life.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

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.”
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.
Ezekiel 26:13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Hosea 2:11 I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
Isaiah 24:7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
Revelation 18:22 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.