Isaiah 24:11
In the streetes is there a crying because of wine, all cheare is vanished away, the myrth of the lande is gone.
Bible (Bishops')
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 citie of vanitie is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.
12In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:
Isaiah 9:19Thorowe the wrath of the Lorde of hoastes is the lande full of darknesse, and the people be consumed as it were with fire: no man doth spare his brother.
Isaiah 24:7The wine fayleth, the vine hath no myght, all they that haue ben mery of heart are come to mournyng.
Isaiah 32:13My peoples fielde shall bryng thornes and thistles: and so shall it be in euery house of voluptuousnesse, and in euery citie that reioyceth.
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 →