Isaiah 24:11

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.
• New International Version (NIV)In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 24:11

9Gone are the joys of wine and song; alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth. 10The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders. Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has turned to gloom. Gladness has been banished from the land. 12The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down. 13Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.

Isaiah 24:11 word by word

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 31:6Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those in bitter distress.
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.
• Joel 1:15The day of the Lord is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!
• Isaiah 24:7The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
• Isaiah 8:22and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.
• Isaiah 9:19The land will be blackened by the fury of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people will be fuel for the fire, and no one will spare even his own brother.
• Jeremiah 48:33Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab. The presses yield no wine. No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy. There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.
• Lamentations 5:14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
• Amos 5:16Therefore, this is what the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “There will be crying in all the public squares and mourning in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail.
• Matthew 22:11“But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.
• Luke 16:25“But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.

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