Isaiah 24:7
“The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.”
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
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.
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.
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Related Verses
“There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.”
“The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.”
“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.”
“The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.”