Isaiah 24:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צְוָחָ֥ה עַל־הַיַּ֖יִן בַּֽחוּצ֑וֹת עָֽרְבָה֙ כָּל־שִׂמְחָ֔ה גָּלָ֖ה מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

ṣəwāḥāh over-the-yayin in-the-ḥûṣôt ʿārəbāh all-śimḥāh gālāh məśôś the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*ṣəwāḥāh*: common noun, feminine singular - outcry/wailing
*yayin*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition על - over the wine
*ḥûṣôt*: common noun, masculine plural with preposition ב and definite article - in the streets
*ʿārəbāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - has darkened/grown evening
*śimḥāh*: common noun, feminine singular - joy/gladness
*gālāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has gone into exile/departed
*məśôś*: common noun, masculine singular construct - joy of
*ʾāreṣ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land

Word Meanings

*ṣəwāḥāh*: outcry/wailing/cry of distress
*ḥûṣôt*: streets/outside places/public squares
*ʿārəbāh*: has darkened/grown evening/become gloomy/passed away
*śimḥāh*: joy/gladness/mirth
*gālāh*: has gone into exile/departed/been removed
*məśôś*: joy/gladness/gaiety

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Referenced Verses

Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
Isa 8:22 : 22 and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
Isa 9:19 : 19 Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.
Isa 16:10 : 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease.
Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isa 32:13 : 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Jer 48:33 : 33 And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Lam 5:14-15 : 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Hos 7:14 : 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Amos 5:16-20 : 16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Matt 22:11-13 : 11 But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding- garment: 12 and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding- garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.

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