Jeremiah 16:9
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
God will cause to cease out of Judah, in the very eyes and days of the people then living, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness together with the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, so that both ordinary public gladness and wedding celebrations come to an end. This silencing is punishment for willful sin, an awful denunciation against sin whose meaning stands out very clearly. It belongs to the coming judgment and signals it, for the ending of joy is the sign that judgment is at hand. That coming judgment is punishment by Babylon. The warning carries Jeremiah's sorrow of heart over his people's transgression and his touching appeal for them to return to God, an appeal the mass of the people met with utter lack of response.