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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Judah and the surrounding nations at the moment of pronouncing judgment for their rebellion. This declaration follows the summons of Nebuchadnezzar and precedes the seventy-year period of Babylonian domination.
The words — The Hebrew verb וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֣י (ve./ha.'a.vad.Ti) literally means "and I will destroy" or "banish." The repeated noun ק֥וֹל (Kol) denotes "the sound of," emphasizing the complete removal of auditory and visual markers of daily life.
The thread — This theme of removed celebration appears in Jeremiah 7:34 and Jeremiah 16:9, where God promises to silence joy in Judah, and in Ezekiel 26:13, where God will silence the songs of Tyre.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that covenant rebellion results in the total eradication of communal life and worship. It requires the reader to accept that divine judgment operates through the systematic removal of human comfort and celebration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
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 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.
- Ezekiel 26:13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 33:10 This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
- Esther 3:13 And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
- Esther 7:4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
- Esther 8:11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
- Isaiah 24:7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.