Isaiah 24:11

Isaiah 24:11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

Ver. 11. There is a crying for wine. ] The drunkards weep, the ale stakes yell, because the new wine is cut off from their mouths. Joe 1:5

All joy is darkened. ] Heb., It is eventide with joy. As the air in the evening waxeth dark, so shall their mirth be turned into heaviness.

The mirth of the land is gone. ] Together with their liquor. Wine is by Simonides called the expeller of sadness - Aμυντωρ δυσφροσυναων ..