Isaiah 24:11
There is an outcry concerning wine in the streets,—Darkened is all joy, Departed the gladness of the earth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 every house that it cannot be entered.
12There is left in the city. desolation,—And to ruins, have been broken the gate.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul:
Isaiah 9:19Through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, is the land consumed,—And the people have come to be, as fuel for fire, A man unto his own brother, sheweth not pity;
Isaiah 24:7Mourneth the new wine. Withereth the vine,—Sighing are all the merryhearted:
Isaiah 32:13Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow,—Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!
Jeremiah 48:33So shall be withdrawn gladness and exultation—From the fruitful field and From the land of Moab,—And wine from the vats, have I caused to fail, They shall not tread with shouting, The shouting shall be no shouting!
Hosea 7:14Neither made they outcry unto me, in their heart, although they kept on howling upon their beds, over corn and new wine, they gathered themselves together, they rebelled 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 →