“There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 24 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.