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Revelation 18:22

20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

24 And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

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BSB
And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
KJV
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
WEB
The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman of whatever craft will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.
ASV
And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in thee;
DARBY
and voice of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters shall not be heard any more at all in thee, and no artificer of any art shall be found any more at all in thee, and voice of millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee,
BLB
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters shall never be heard in you any longer. And any craftsmen of any craft shall never be found in you any longer, and the sound of a millstone shall never be heard in you any longer.
ÅB
Og lyd av harpespillere og sangere og fløytespillere og basunblåsere skal ikke mere høres i deg, og ingen som driver noen kunst, skal mere finnes i deg, og lyd av kvern skal ikke mere høres i deg,
OTB
Lyden av harpespillere, musikere, fløytespillere og trompetere
skal aldri mer høres i deg.
Ingen håndverker av noe yrke skal noensinne bli funnet i deg igjen.
Lyden av en kvernstein skal aldri mer høres i deg.
B1930
Og lyd av harpespillere og sangere og fløitespillere og basunblåsere skal ikke mere høres i dig, og ingen som driver nogen kunst, skal mere finnes i dig, og lyd av kvern skal ikke mere høres i dig,

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  • Ezekiel 26:13

    So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

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  • Jeremiah 25:10

    Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

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  • Jeremiah 16:9

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

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  • Jeremiah 7:34

    I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

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  • Isaiah 24:8–9

    The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:4

    when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

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  • Jeremiah 33:11

    the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

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