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Wahyu 18:22

Dan suara pemain-pemain kecapi dan penyanyi-penyanyi, dan peniup-peniup seruling dan sangkakala, tidak akan kedengaran lagi di dalammu, dan seorang yang ahli dalam sesuatu kesenian tidak akan ditemukan lagi di dalammu, dan suara kilangan tidak akan kedengaran lagi di dalammu.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Harp;   Mill;   Music;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   The Topic Concordance - Judges;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Martyrdom;   Mills;   Music;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Corn;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - City;   Food;   Music;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mill;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Craft;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Arts;   Harp ;   Millstone ;   Minstrel ;   Pipe Flute ;   Trump Trumpet ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon the Great ;   Craftsman;   Mill, Millstone;   43 Builder Maker Artificer,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Babel;   Babylon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Mill;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan suara pemain-pemain kecapi dan penyanyi-penyanyi, dan peniup-peniup seruling dan sangkakala, tidak akan kedengaran lagi di dalammu, dan seorang yang ahli dalam sesuatu kesenian tidak akan ditemukan lagi di dalammu, dan suara kilangan tidak akan kedengaran lagi di dalammu.

Contextual Overview

9 And they shal bewayl her, & the kinges of the earth shall lament for her, which haue committed fornication with her, & haue lyued wantonly with her, when they shal see the smoke of her burnyng. 10 And shall stande a farre of for feare of her punishment, saying: Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that myghtie citie, for at one houre is thy iudgement come. 11 And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her, for no man wyll bye their ware any more. 12 The ware of golde and siluer, and precious stones, neither of pearle, & raynes, and purple, and sylke, and skarlet, and all thinne wood, and all maner vessels of yuorie, and all maner vessels of most precious wood, and of brasse, and yron, and marble, 13 And synamon, and odours, and oyntmentes, and frankensence, and wine, and oyle, and fine floure, and wheate, & beastes, and sheepe, and horses, & charrets, and bodies, and soules of men. 14 And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee, and all thynges which were daintie and had in price are departed from thee, and thou shalt fynde them no more. 15 The marchauntes of these thynges whiche were waxed ryche, shall stande a farre of fro her for feare of the punishment of her, wepyng and waylyng, 16 And saying: Alas, alas, that great citie, that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and skarlet, and decked with golde and precious stones, and pearles: 17 For at one houre so great ryches is come to naught. And euery shippe gouernour, & all they that occupie shippes, and shippemen which worke in the sea, stoode a farre of, 18 And cryed, when they sawe the smoke of her burnyng, saying: what citie is lyke vnto this great citie?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the voice: Isaiah 24:8, Isaiah 24:9, Jeremiah 7:34, Jeremiah 16:9, Jeremiah 25:10, Jeremiah 33:11, Ezekiel 26:13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:6 - shall take Job 3:7 - solitary Psalms 137:2 - we hanged Isaiah 23:1 - for it is Isaiah 23:12 - Thou shalt Jeremiah 48:33 - joy Jeremiah 49:33 - a dwelling Jeremiah 51:55 - destroyed Lamentations 5:14 - the young Daniel 6:18 - and passed Hosea 2:11 - cause Amos 6:5 - to the Zechariah 6:8 - quieted Revelation 14:2 - harpers Revelation 18:21 - and shall Revelation 18:23 - the voice

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
And the Lorde appeared vnto hym in the playne of Mamre, and he sate in his tent doore in the heate of the day.
Genesis 18:2
And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,
Genesis 18:16
And the men rysyng vp from thence, loked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them to bryng them on the way.
Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodome at euen, and Lot sate at the gate of Sodome: and Lot seing [them] rose vp to meete them, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the grounde.
Psalms 106:23
Wherfore he appointed to destroy them, had not Moyses his chosen stand in the breache before hym: to turne away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.
Jeremiah 15:1
Thus spake the Lorde vnto me, Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me, yet haue I no heart to this people: driue them away, that they may go out of my sight.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought among them for a man that woulde make vp the hedge, and set hym selfe in the gap before me in the landes behalfe, that I shoulde not destroy it: but I coulde fynde none.
Acts 7:55
But he being full of the holy ghost, loked vp stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glory of God, and Iesus standyng on the ryght hande of God,
1 Timothy 2:1
I exhort therefore, that firste of all, prayers, supplications, intercessios and geuynge of thankes be made for all men:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters,.... Which were for mirth, delight, and pleasure:

shall be heard no more at all in thee: the words seem to be taken from Isaiah 24:8 and may not only regard the loss of every thing that was delightful and pleasant to the ear in private houses, at festivals, and nuptials, and the like, but the ceasing of church music; there will be no more bells, nor organs, or any other instruments of music; no more chanters, and sub-chanters, choristers, singing men and boys:

and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be shall be, found any more in thee; which are very useful and necessary in cities and societies; it is threatened to Judah, that the cunning artificer should be taken from her, Isaiah 3:3 and it is reckoned as a considerable part of the distress of the captivity that the carpenters and smiths were away from Jerusalem, Jeremiah 24:1 and this judgment may fall on Rome for her worshipping idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, the works of men's hands, artificers and craftsmen, and who are employed in making other trinkets and wares for antichrist:

and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; to grind corn with, see Jeremiah 25:10 there will be a famine at the time that Rome is besieged, Revelation 18:8 and after it is destroyed, there will be no corn to grind, nor inhabitants to eat it, and so no use of the millstone; this is said in opposition to her luxurious and delicious living, Revelation 18:3 and this may also refer to feasts and rich entertainments, for which spices were ground and prepared by an hand mill m in the house; and so may signify here that there would be no more of such entertainments and rich living; with which sense agrees what follows. This clause is wanting in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions.

m Schindler. Lex. Pentaglott. in Voce רוח, Col. 1712.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the voice of harpers - Those who play on the harp. This was usually accompanied with singing. The idea, in this verse and the following, is substantially the same as in the previous parts of the chapter, that the mystical Babylon - papal Rome - would be brought to utter desolation. This thought is here exhibited under another form - that all which constituted festivity, joy, and amusement, and all that indicated thrift and prosperity, would disappear. Of course, in a great and “fun” city, there would be all kinds of music; and when it is said that this would be heard there no more it is a most striking image of utter desolation.

And musicians - Musicians in general; but perhaps here singers, as distinguished from those who played on instruments.

And of pipers - Those who played on pipes or flutes. See the 1 Corinthians 14:7 note; Matthew 11:17 note.

And trumpeters - Trumpets were common instruments of music, employed on festival occasions, in war, and in worship. Only the principal instruments of music are mentioned here, as representatives of the rest. The general idea is, that the sound of music, as an indication of festivity and joy, would cease.

Shall be heard no more at all in thee - It would become utterly and permanently desolate.

And no craftsman, of whatsoever craft - That is, artificers of all kinds would cease to ply their trades there. The word used here - τεχνίτης technitēs - would include all artisans or mechanics, all who were engaged in any kind of trade or craft. The meaning here is, that all these would disappear, an image, of course, of utter decay.

And the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more - Taylor (Frag. to Calmet, Dictionary vol. iv. p. 346) supposes that this may refer not so much to the rattle of the mill as to the voice of singing, which usually accompanied grinding. The sound of a mill is cheerful, and indicates prosperity; its ceasing is an image of decline.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:22. The voice of harpers, &c.] This seems to indicate not only a total destruction of influence, &c., but also of being. It seems as if this city was to be swallowed up by an earthquake, or burnt up by fire from heaven.


 
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