Jeremiah 25:10

“And I will make perish from them the voice of joy 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.”
Jeremiah 25:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And I will make perishוְהַאֲבַדְתִּיfrom themמֵהֶםthe voiceקוֹלof joyשָׂשׂוֹןand the voiceוְקוֹלof gladness,שִׂמְחָהthe voiceקוֹלof the bridegroomחָתָןand the voiceוְקוֹלof the bride,כַּלָּהthe soundקוֹלof the millstonesרֵחַיִםand the lightוְאוֹרof the lamp.נֵר

Allusion · Revelation 18:22

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Both texts say that the sound of the mill will no longer be heard.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

קוֹלkolH6963φωνὴphōnēG5456“voice, sound”
רֵחַיִםrejayimH7347μύλουmylouG3458“mill”

Jeremiah 25:10, word by word

And I will make perishהַאֲבַדְתִּיhaavadti

destroy

To make someone or something disappear completely.

Where else “haavadti” appears

the voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kol” appears

of joyשָׂשׂוֹןsason

joy, gladness

Joy, lively gladness.

Where else “sason” appears

of gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha

joy

Joy, gladness, celebration.

Where else “simcha” appears

of the bridegroomחָתָןchatan

bridegroom

The man who is marrying or newly married.

Where else “chatan” appears

of the brideכַּלָּהkala

bride

A woman newly married.

Where else “kala” appears

of the millstonesרֵחַיִםrechayim

millstones

Hand mill, made of two stones. The slave woman who grinds was the lowest in rank in the house.

Where else “rechayim” appears

and the lightאוֹרor

light

The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.

Where else “or” appears

of the lampנֵרner

lamp

Lamp: a vessel with oil and a wick; also light.

Where else “ner” appears

Translation note

Cf. 7:34; 16:9; Revelation 18:22-23.

The context

9look, I am sending and will take all the clans of the north, declares YHWH, and I am sending to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror and a hissing and eternal ruins.

10 · This verse (above)

11And this whole land will become a ruin and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

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