Thematic Bible: Lost the joy of divine favour
Thematic Bible
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
And turned your festivals into mourning, and all your songs to lamentation; and I brought up sackcloth upon all loins, and upon every head, baldness; and I set it as the mourning of an only one, and its last part as a day of bitterness.
And I caused all her rejoicing to cease, her festival and her new moon, and her Sabbath and all her appointment
And the light of the lamp no more should shine in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, should no more be heard in thee: for thy wholesale merchants were leaders of the earth: for with thy charms were all nations led astray.
And I caused the noise of thy songs to cease and the voice of thy harps shall no more be heard.
An outcry for wine in the streets; all joy grew dark, the exulting of the earth was carried into exile.
And I caused to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be for a desolation.
For thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel: Behold me causing to cease from this place to your eyes and in your days the voice of gladness and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
And I destroyed from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of the two millstones and the light of the lamp.
The joy of our heart ceased; our dance was turned to mourning.
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