take from: Heb. cause to perish from, Esther 3:13, Esther 7:4, Esther 8:11
voice of mirth: Jeremiah 7:34, Jeremiah 16:9, Jeremiah 33:10-11; Isaiah 24:7-12; Ezekiel 26:13; Hosea 2:11; Revelation 18:22-23
the sound: Sir J. Chardin remarks, that in the East, every where in the morning may be heard the noise of the mills, which often awakens people; for they generally grind every day just as much as may be necessary for the day's consumption. Where, then, the noise of the mill is not heard in the morning, nor the light of the candle seen in the evening, there must be an utter desolation. Ecclesiastes 12:2-4