Isaiah 24:11

11 [there is] an outcry over the wine in the streets. All joy turns into {darkness}; the joy of the earth disappears.

Isaiah 24:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 24:11

[There] is a crying for wine in the streets
Not to them that have it, to come and sell it, as Kimchi; but for want of it: there shall be a howling and lamentation in the streets of Rome, during the siege of it, when there will be a famine of bread and of wine, as in ( Revelation 18:8 ) by those who used to drink wine, and make glad their hearts; but now shall be without it. This is put for all desirable things, which their souls lusted after; but now will be departed from them, ( Revelation 18:14 ) : all joy is darkened:
or come to an eventide; the light of joy is turned into the darkness of misery and distress; this will be, when the fifth vial is poured out on the seat of the beast, and his kingdom will be full of darkness; and men will gnaw their tongues for pain, and yet not repent of their sins, but blaspheme the God of heaven, ( Revelation 16:10 Revelation 16:11 ) : the mirth of the land is gone;
not Jerusalem, the joy of the whole earth, as Jarchi; but the mirth and joy of the city of Rome; (See Gill on Isaiah 24:8).

Isaiah 24:11 In-Context

9 They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

10 [The] city of emptiness is broken; every house is shut {so that no one can enter};

11 [there is] an outcry over the wine in the streets. All joy turns into {darkness}; the joy of the earth disappears.

12 Desolation is left in the city; [the] gate is crushed [into] a state of ruin.

13 For it shall be like this in the midst of the earth, among the nations, like [the] beating of an olive tree, like gleanings when a grape harvest is at an end.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "evening"