Isaiah 24:11
In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, || All joy has been darkened, || The joy of the land has been removed.
Literal Standard Version
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
10It was broken down—a city of emptiness, || Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
12Desolation [is] left in the city, || And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to the perishing, || And wine to the bitter in soul,
Isaiah 9:19In the wrath of YHWH of Hosts || The land has been consumed, || And the people is as fuel of fire; A man has no pity on his brother,
Isaiah 24:7The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, || All the joyful of heart have sighed.
Isaiah 32:13Over the ground of my people thorn [and] brier go up, || Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
Jeremiah 48:33And joy and gladness have been removed from the fruitful field, || Even from the land of Moab, || And I have caused wine to cease from winepresses, || Shouting does not proceed, || The shouting [is] not shouting!
Hosea 7:14And have not cried to Me with their heart, but howl on their beds; They assemble themselves for grain and new wine, || They turn aside 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 →