Isaiah 24 · Verse 7

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Isaiah 24:7, King James Version

Isaiah 24:7 in other translations

BSBThe new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
WEBThe new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
ASVThe new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
YLTMourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.
DARBYThe new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
BBEThe new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
WebsterThe new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

What does Isaiah 24:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. mourneth--because there are none to drink it [Barnes]. Rather, "is become vapid" [Horsley]. languisheth--because there are none to cultivate it now.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 24:7 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.

אָבַ֥ל'a.Valit has dried upH56
תִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.oshnew wineH8492
אֻמְלְלָה\־'um.le.lah-it has languishedH535
גָ֑פֶןGa.fen[the] vineH1612
נֶאֶנְח֖וּne.'en.Chuthey have groanedH584
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שִׂמְחֵי\־sim.chei-[the people] joyful ofH8056
לֵֽב\׃LevheartH3820

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

Cross references for Isaiah 24:7

  • 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.

  • Joel 1:10-12

    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Isaiah 16:8

    For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

  • Hosea 9:1-2

    Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

  • Isaiah 32:9-13

    Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:8,10; 32:9-13; Ho 9:1,2; Joe 1:10-12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 24:6

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Isaiah 24:7

    The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

  • Isaiah 24:8

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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Isaiah 24:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Perdióse el vino, enfermó la vid, gimieron todos los que eran alegres de corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le moût mène deuil, la vigne languit; tous ceux qui étaient joyeux de cœur soupirent;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es trauert der Most, es schmachtet der Weinstock; es seufzen alle, die fröhlichen Herzens waren;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Luxit vindemia, infirmata est vitis, ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde;