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The voice (phōnē). Cf. Eze 26:13. Or “sound” as in 1Co 14:8 with salpigx (trumpet). For this song of judgment see Jer 25:10.
Of harpers (kitharōidōn). Old word (from kithara, harp, and ōidos, singer) as in Rev 14:2.
Of minstrels (mousikōn). Old word (from mousa, music), here only in N.T., one playing on musical instruments.
Of flute-players (aulētōn). Old word (from auleō, to play on a flute, Mat 11:17, aulos, flute, 1Co 14:7), in N.T. only here and Mat 9:23.
Of trumpeters (salpistōn). Late form for the earlier salpigktēs (from salpizō), here only in N.T.
Shall be heard no more at all (ou mē akousthēi). First aorist passive subjunctive of akouō with the double negative as below, with phōnē mulou (sound of the millstone), and as in Rev 18:21 with ou me heurethēi and again with pās technitēs (craftsman). This old word is from technē, art, as here in some MSS. (“of whatsoever craft,” pasēs technēs). Technitēs occurs also in this sense in Act 19:24, Act 19:38; and in Heb 11:10 of God as the Architect. There is power in this four-fold sonorous repetition of ou mē and the subjunctive with two more examples in Rev 18:23.