Isaiah 24:11
A [painful] cry for wine is in the streets; darkened is all joy; banished is the mirth of the land.
Leeser Tanakh
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 desolation; shut up is every house that none can enter.
12Destruction is left in the city, in ruins is beaten the gate.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those who have an embittered soul.
Isaiah 9:19(9:18) Through the fury of the Lord of hosts is the land scorched, and the people have become as food for the fire; no man will spare his brother.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted sigh.
Isaiah 32:13Upon the soil of my people thorns and briers shall come up; yea, upon all the houses of joy of the gladsome town.
Jeremiah 48:33And banished are joy and gladness from Carmel, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused the wine to cease from the wine-presses; none shall tread the press with the vintner's call; battle cry—nor vintner's call.
Hosea 7:14And they cried not unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: for corn and new wine they assemble themselves, and 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 →