Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



At their feasts they have lyre, harp,
tambourine, flute, and wine.
They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,
and they do not see the work of His hands.
Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

The sound of harpists, musicians,
flutists, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you again;
no craftsman of any trade
will ever be found in you again;
the sound of a mill
will never be heard in you again;
Verse ConceptsBabylonFlutesHarpsMillstonesGrinding FoodNo MusicInstrumentalistsartistscraftsmanship

Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres, Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

The joyful tambourines have ceased.
The noise of the jubilant has stopped.
The joyful lyre has ceased.
Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicingdrums

They let their little ones run around like lambs; their children skip about, singing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.

Pick up your lyre,
stroll through the city,
prostitute forgotten by men.
Play skillfully,
sing many a song,
and you will be thought of again.
Verse ConceptsHarpsRemembering PeopleForgetting People

And every stroke of the appointed staff
that the Lord brings down on him
will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres;
He will fight against him with brandished weapons.
Verse ConceptsHarpsMusicMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To Celebratedrums

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingSilenceNo Musiccultureinstruments

I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsMourningSorrowWeepingThe Only ChildNo MusicMourning DeathOnly Child Of PeopleFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheBitterness

I will put an end to all her celebrations:
her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—
all her festivals.
Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtCessationStopping RejoicingFestivals DisregardedLack Of RejoicingSabbath ViolatedCelebration

the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,
Verse ConceptsBabylonBridegroomBridesGuidance, Need For God'sSorcery And MagicCessationStopping RejoicingLight Of LampsMarriage No MoreThose Who DeceivedSorcery

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingSilenceNo Musiccultureinstruments

In the streets they cry for wine.
All joy grows dark;
earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
Verse ConceptsStreetsDark DaysAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineLack Of Rejoicing

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesMarriage, Customs ConcerningVoicesWeddingsCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesBanishmentMillstonesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
Verse ConceptsdanceCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of RejoicingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsMourningSorrowWeepingThe Only ChildNo MusicMourning DeathOnly Child Of PeopleFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheBitterness

I will put an end to all her celebrations:
her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—
all her festivals.
Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtCessationStopping RejoicingFestivals DisregardedLack Of RejoicingSabbath ViolatedCelebration

the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,
Verse ConceptsBabylonBridegroomBridesGuidance, Need For God'sSorcery And MagicCessationStopping RejoicingLight Of LampsMarriage No MoreThose Who DeceivedSorcery

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingSilenceNo Musiccultureinstruments

In the streets they cry for wine.
All joy grows dark;
earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
Verse ConceptsStreetsDark DaysAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineLack Of Rejoicing

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesMarriage, Customs ConcerningVoicesWeddingsCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesBanishmentMillstonesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
Verse ConceptsdanceCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of RejoicingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsMourningSorrowWeepingThe Only ChildNo MusicMourning DeathOnly Child Of PeopleFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheBitterness

I will put an end to all her celebrations:
her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—
all her festivals.
Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtCessationStopping RejoicingFestivals DisregardedLack Of RejoicingSabbath ViolatedCelebration

the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,
Verse ConceptsBabylonBridegroomBridesGuidance, Need For God'sSorcery And MagicCessationStopping RejoicingLight Of LampsMarriage No MoreThose Who DeceivedSorcery

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingSilenceNo Musiccultureinstruments

In the streets they cry for wine.
All joy grows dark;
earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
Verse ConceptsStreetsDark DaysAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineLack Of Rejoicing

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesMarriage, Customs ConcerningVoicesWeddingsCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesBanishmentMillstonesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
Verse ConceptsdanceCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of RejoicingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingSilenceNo Musiccultureinstruments

There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,
Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofWillowsHarpsinstruments