Isaiah 24:11
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
In Context
10The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
12In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
Isaiah 9:19The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
Isaiah 32:13And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.
Jeremiah 48:33All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.
Hosea 7:14And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:2-13
General Desolation Announced. ( b. c. 718.) 1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly… Read the whole commentary →