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Jeremiah 7:34

Jeremiah 7:34
Then will I 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem,.... Signifying that the devastation should not only be in and about Jerusalem, but should reach all over the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Silence and desolation are to settle upon the whole land.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 7:29-34

Here is, I. A loud call to weeping and mourning. Jerusalem, that had been a joyous city, the joy of the whole earth, must now take up a lamentation on high places (Jer 7:29), the high places where…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the voice of the bridegroom, etc.] Cp. Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10.