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Isaiah 24:11
11In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
Isaiah 24:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has grown dark; the gladness of the earth is banished.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is a cry for wine in the streets, All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has turned to gloom. Gladness has been banished from the land.
Context of Isaiah 24:11
9No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers. 10The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred. In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth. 12The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces. 13So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
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צְוָחָ֥ה עַל־הַיַּ֖יִן בַּֽחוּצ֑וֹת עָֽרְבָה֙ כָּל־שִׂמְחָ֔ה גָּלָ֖ה מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- a cryingצְוָחָהtsevâchâh · outcryH6682
- for wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- in the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- all joyשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
- is darkenedעָרַב‛ârab · to grow darkH6150
- the mirthמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
- of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- is goneגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
Cross-references for Isaiah 24:11
- Proverbs 31:6Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish!
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
- Joel 1:15Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 24:7The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
- Isaiah 8:22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
- Isaiah 9:19By the wrath of the Lord Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another.
- Jeremiah 48:33Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy.
- Lamentations 5:14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
- Amos 5:16Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says: “There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.
- Matthew 22:11“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
- Luke 16:25“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
Commentaries on Isaiah 24:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11All joy is darkened "All gladness is passed away" - For ערבה arebah, darkened, read עברה aberah, passed away, transposing a letter. Houbigant, Secker. Five of Dr. Kennicott's and five of De Rossi's MSS., several ancients add כל col, all, after משוש mesos : the Septuagint adds the same word before it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11There is a crying for wine in the streets - The inhabitants of the city, turned from their dwellings, would cry for wine to alleviate their distress, and to sustain them in their calamity (compare Isaiah 16:8-10). All joy is darkened - Is gone, or has departed, like the joyful light at the setting of the sun.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11There is no joy left in the land, not because of an official order, but because the people have no reason to celebrate.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. crying for wine--to drown their sorrows in drink (Is 16:9); Joe 1:5, written about the same time, resembles this.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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