Isaiah 24:11

WEB

¹¹There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

KJV

¹¹There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

BSB

¹¹In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

FBV

¹¹Crowds on the street are shouting, demanding to have wine. Joy turns into darkness. There's no happiness left on earth.

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Extra References

Hosea 7:14

¹⁴They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

Isaiah 9:19

¹⁹Through the LORD of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.

³³Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses. No one will tread with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting.

Amos 5:16-20

¹⁶Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. ¹⁷In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD. ¹⁸“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light. ¹⁹As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him. ²⁰Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Joel 1:15

¹⁵Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Proverbs 31:6

⁶Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Isaiah 32:13

¹³Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Isaiah 24:7-9

⁷The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. ⁸The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. ⁹They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

Matthew 22:11-13

¹¹“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, ¹²and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. ¹³Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’

Lamentations 5:14-15

¹⁴The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music. ¹⁵The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.