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 letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it is the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize,
Esther 7:4
for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'
Esther 8:11
that the king hath given to the Jews who are in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.

Voice of mirth

Jeremiah 7:34
And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!
Jeremiah 16:9
For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.
Jeremiah 33:10
Thus said Jehovah: Again heard in this place of which ye are saying, Waste it is, without man and without beast, In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, That are desolated, without man, And without inhabitant, and without beast,
Isaiah 24:7
Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I have caused the noise of thy songs to cease, And the voice of thy harps is heard no more.
Hosea 2:11
And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,
Revelation 18:22
and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artisan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;

The sound

Ecclesiastes 12:2
While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

General references

Isaiah 24:8
Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I have caused the noise of thy songs to cease, And the voice of thy harps is heard no more.
Ezekiel 36:34
And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,