[Avodah] wedding phrase; why turned up-side down???; yirmiyahu; ch 7;

[Ilana Sober Elzufon]

> RHB: the obvious text of the novi is that the voice.....kol sasson, vkol simcha, will be ceased, and the land desolate......why start off a wedding (sheva brachos) off with a klala like that???
Yirmiyahu 7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah,
and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for
the land shall be desolate.

Yirmiyahu himself turns the prophecy of destruction into a promise of
nechama - see 33:10-11

Thus saith the LORD: ***Yet again there shall be heard*** in this
place, whereof ye say: It is waste, without man and without beast,
even ***in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem***,
that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without
beast, ***the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom and the voice of the bride***, the voice of them that say:
'Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for His mercy
endureth for ever', even of them that bring offerings of thanksgiving
into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captivity of the land
to return as at the first, saith the LORD.

- Ilana