Isaiah 24:11
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
Darby Translation
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 city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
12desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, a ruin.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
Isaiah 9:19Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned up, and the people is as fuel for fire: a man spareth not his brother;
Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Jeremiah 48:33And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: they shall no more tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Hosea 7:14And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from 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 →