Isaiah 24:7

The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

In Context

6Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.

8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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Cross References

Isaiah 16:10And gladness and joy are taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting; no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.

Isaiah 32:10After a year and days shall ye be troubled, ye confident women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.

Ezekiel 6:14And I will stretch out My hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, more than the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their habitations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'

Joel 1:10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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 →

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