9 Bible Verses about Stopping Rejoicing

I will cause the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem. The land will become a ruin.

This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I am going to put a stop to the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms in this place. This will happen in your lifetime, even as you watch.'

I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.

There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.

So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

The joyful sound of tambourines ceases. The noise of revelers and the delight of the harp cease.

I will also cause all her exaltation to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

Therefore you will be captured with the first that go captive. Your feasting and lounging will pass away.