For thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause the voice of mirth to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, and the voice of gladness, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

And I will take from them the voice of rejoicing 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 lamp.

Thus says Jehovah: Again there shall be heard in this place, which you say is desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast;

The new wine mourns, the vine droops, all the merry-hearted sigh.

The mirth of the tambourines ceases; the tumult of the jubilant ends; the joy of the harp ceases.

And I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.

I will also put an end to all her joy, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

And the light of a lamp shall not ever shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not ever be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.

For thus Jehovah has said, The whole land shall be desolate, yet I will not make a full end.

I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.

Your land is a desolation; your cities burned with fire. Strangers devour your land before you; and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Then I said, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities have been smashed to ruins without inhabitant, and the houses without a man, and the land is left devastated,

But the land shall become desolate because of those who dwell in it, from the fruit of their doings.