Ezekiel 26:13

26:13 I will silence ¹  the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

Isaiah 14:11

14:11 Your splendor ²  has been brought down to Sheol,

as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. ³ 

You lie on a bed of maggots,

with a blanket of worms over you. ⁴ 

Isaiah 23:16

23:16 “Take the harp,

go through the city,

forgotten prostitute!

Play it well,

play lots of songs,

so you’ll be noticed!” ⁵ 

Isaiah 30:32

30:32 Every blow from his punishing cudgel, ⁶ 

with which the Lord will beat them, ⁷ 

will be accompanied by music from the ⁸  tambourine and harp,

and he will attack them with his weapons. ⁹ 

[26:13]  ¹ tn Heb “cause to end.”

[14:11]  ² tn Or “pride” (NCV, CEV); KJV, NIV, NRSV “pomp.”

[14:11]  ³ tn Or “harps” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[14:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “under you maggots are spread out, and worms are your cover.”

[23:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “so you will be remembered.”

[30:32]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text has “every blow from a founded [i.e., “appointed”?] cudgel.” The translation above, with support from a few medieval Hebrew mss, assumes an emendation of מוּסָדָה (musadah, “founded”) to מוּסָרֹה (musaroh, “his discipline”).

[30:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “which the Lord lays on him.”

[30:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “will be with” (KJV similar).

[30:32]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and with battles of brandishing [weapons?] he will fight against him.” Some prefer to emend וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת (uvÿmilkhamot, “and with battles of”) to וּבִמְחֹלוֹת (uvimkholot, “and with dancing”). Note the immediately preceding references to musical instruments.