Isaiah 24 · Verse 11

Isaiah 24:11

There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Isaiah 24:11, King James Version

Isaiah 24:11 in other translations

BSBIn the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
WEBThere is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
ASVThere is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
YLTA cry over the wine is in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.
DARBYThere is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
BBEThere is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
WebsterThere is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

What does Isaiah 24:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. crying for wine--to drown their sorrows in drink (Is 16:9); Joe 1:5, written about the same time, resembles this.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 All 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 24:1-12

The desolation of the land. (Is. 24:1-12) A few shall be preserved. (Is. 24:13-15) God's kingdom advanced by his judgments. (Is. 24:16-23) Verses 1-12 All whose treasures and happiness are laid up on earth, will soon be brought to want and misery. It is good to apply to ourselves what the Scripture says of the vanity and vexation of spirit which attend all things here below. Sin has turned the earth upside down; the…

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Isaiah 24:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צְוָחָ֥הtze.va.Chahan outcryH6682
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַיַּ֖יִןhai.Ya.yin<the> wineH3196
בַּֽחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.Tzot[will be] in the streetsH2351
עָֽרְבָה֙'a.re.Vahit has become eveningH6150
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שִׂמְחָ֔הsim.ChahgladnessH8057
גָּלָ֖הga.Lahit has departedH1540
מְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.Sos[the] gaiety ofH4885
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 24:11

  • Hosea 7:14

    And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

  • Isaiah 16:10

    And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

  • Isaiah 9:19

    Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

  • Isaiah 8:22

    And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

  • Matthew 22:11-13

    And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Proverbs 31:6

    Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

  • Isaiah 24:7-9

    The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Isaiah 32:13

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

  • Lamentations 5:14-15

    The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Joel 1:15

    Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

  • Jeremiah 48:33

    And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

  • Luke 16:25

    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a crying.
Pr 31:6; Ho 7:14; Joe 1:15
all joy.
7-9; 8:22; 9:19; Jer 48:33; La 5:14,15; Am 5:16-20; Mt 22:11-13
Lu 16:25

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Context

  • Isaiah 24:10

    The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

  • Isaiah 24:11

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

  • Isaiah 24:12

    In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

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Isaiah 24:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Voces sobre el vino en las plazas; todo gozo se oscureció, desterróse la alegría de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il y a un cri dans les rues au sujet du vin. Toute joie est assombrie, l’allégresse est bannie du pays;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Klaggeschrei ob des Weines ist auf den Straßen; untergegangen ist alle Freude, weggezogen die Wonne der Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Clamor erit super vino in plateis, deserta est omnia lætitia, translatum est gaudium terræ.