Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The sound

Bible References

Take from

Esther 3:13
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. If we had been sold for menslaves and womenslaves, I would remain silent, even though the enemy could not recompense the damage to the king.
Esther 8:11
that the king granted power to the Jews who were in all the cities to gather themselves together and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish any army of the people or province that would assault them, and even their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Voice of mirth

Jeremiah 7:34
Then I will 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.
Jeremiah 16:9
For thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Behold, I will cause to cease in this place before your eyes and in your days, every voice of mirth and every voice of gladness, every voice of the bridegroom, and every voice of the bride.
Jeremiah 33:10
Thus hath the LORD said: Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say is 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,
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine is lost; the vine is sick; all those who were merryhearted sigh.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall no longer be heard.
Hosea 2:11
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast, her new moon, and her sabbath, and all her festivities.
Revelation 18:22
And the voice of harpers and musicians and of pipers and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatever craft he is, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

The sound

Ecclesiastes 12:2
before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain:

General references

Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of tambourines ceases; the noise of those that rejoice ends; the joy of the harp ceases.
Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I have given over the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall no longer be heard.
Ezekiel 36:34
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by;