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 unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
Hosea 7:14
And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

All joy

Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
Isaiah 8:22
and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.
Isaiah 9:19
Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned up, and the people is as fuel for fire: a man spareth not his brother;
Jeremiah 48:33
And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: they shall no more tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Amos 5:16
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Matthew 22:11
And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.