Yesaya 24:8

24:8 The happy sound ¹  of the tambourines stops,

the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt,

the happy sound of the harp ceases.

Yesaya 51:3

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to ²  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Yehezkiel 26:13

26:13 I will silence ³  the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

Amos 6:4-7

6:4 They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, ⁴ 

and sprawl out on their couches.

They eat lambs from the flock,

and calves from the middle of the pen.

6:5 They sing ⁵  to the tune of ⁶  stringed instruments; ⁷ 

like David they invent ⁸  musical instruments.

6:6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, ⁹ 

and pour the very best oils on themselves. ¹⁰ 

Yet they are not concerned over ¹¹  the ruin ¹²  of Joseph.

6:7 Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, ¹³ 

and the religious banquets ¹⁴  where they sprawl on couches ¹⁵  will end.

[24:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the joy” (again later in this verse).

[51:3]  ² tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[26:13]  ³ tn Heb “cause to end.”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “beds of ivory.”

[6:5]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew verb פָּרַט (parat), which occurs only here in the OT, is unclear. Some translate “strum,” “pluck,” or “improvise.”

[6:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “upon the mouth of,” that is, “according to.”

[6:5]  ⁷ sn The stringed instruments mentioned here are probably harps (cf. NIV, NRSV) or lutes (cf. NEB).

[6:5]  ⁸ tn The meaning of the Hebrew phrase חָשְׁבוּ לָהֶם (khoshvu lahem) is uncertain. Various options include: (1) “they think their musical instruments are like David’s”; (2) “they consider themselves musicians like David”; (3) “they esteem musical instruments highly like David”; (4) “they improvise [new songs] for themselves [on] instruments like David”; (5) “they invent musical instruments like David.” However, the most commonly accepted interpretation is that given in the translation (see S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], 206-7).

[6:6]  ⁹ sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls).

[6:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “with the best of oils they anoint [themselves].”

[6:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “not sickened by.”

[6:6]  ¹² sn The ruin of Joseph may refer to the societal disintegration in Israel, or to the effects of the impending judgment.

[6:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “they will go into exile at the head of the exiles.”

[6:7]  ¹⁴ sn Religious banquets. This refers to the מַרְזֵחַ (marzeakh), a type of pagan religious banquet popular among the upper class of Israel at this time and apparently associated with mourning. See P. King, Amos, Hosea, Micah, 137-61; J. L. McLaughlin, The “Marzeah” in the Prophetic Literature (VTSup). Scholars debate whether at this banquet the dead were simply remembered or actually venerated in a formal, cultic sense.

[6:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “of the sprawled out.” See v. 4.