Isaiah 24:11
There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
10Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.
12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul;
Isaiah 9:19(9-18) Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land burnt up; the people also are as the fuel of fire; no man spareth his brother.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Isaiah 32:13For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.
Jeremiah 48:33And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses; none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto Me with their heart, though they wail upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and wine, they rebel 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 →