16 Pick up your lyre,
stroll through the city,
you forgotten prostitute.
Play skillfully,
sing many a song
so that you will be remembered.

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The joyful tambourines(A) have ceased.
The noise of the jubilant has stopped.
The joyful lyre has ceased.
They no longer sing and drink wine;
beer is bitter to those who drink it.

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They improvise songs[a] to the sound of the harp(A)
and invent[b] their own musical instruments like David.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:5 Hb obscure
  2. 6:5 Or compose on

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