Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

A crying

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
Hosea 7:14
And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
Joel 1:15
Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

All joy

Isaiah 24:7
The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
Isaiah 8:22
And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
Isaiah 9:19
The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.
Jeremiah 48:33
All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.
Lamentations 5:14
The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.
Amos 5:16
So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.
Matthew 22:11
But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain