The mirth of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the jubilant ends, the joy of the harp ceases, establishing that the judgment silences the instruments and practices through which humans celebrate and express joy. The accumulation of musical instruments—tambourines, harps—and associated practices—jubilance, mirth, joy—emphasizes the totality of cultural disruption, that judgment reaches to the deepest sources of human meaning-making and celebration. The stilling and ceasing of sound suggest a kind of death, an ending of vitality and expression. The oracle's focus on music establishes that judgment affects not merely material survival but the spiritual and cultural expressions that make life meaningful.

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