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 perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.
Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to me from their heart, but they wail on their beds; because of grain and new wine they lacerate themselves; they depart from me.
Joel 1:15
Ah! For the day! For the day of Yahweh is near. It will come like destruction from Shaddai.

All joy

Isaiah 24:7
[The] new wine dries up; [the] vine languishes. All [the] merry of heart sigh;
Isaiah 8:22
or look to [the] earth. But look! Distress and darkness, [the] gloom of affliction! And [it will be] thrust [into] darkness!
Isaiah 9:19
The land was burned through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, and the people became like fire fuel. {People had no compassion toward each other}.
Jeremiah 48:33
And joy and rejoicing have been taken away from [the] fruitful land, even from the land of Moab. And [the] wine from [the] wine presses I have caused to disappear. He will not tread [with] exuberant shouts. Exuberant shouts [will] not [be] exuberant shouts.
Lamentations 5:14
Elders are no longer at the gate, young men no longer play stringed instruments.
Amos 5:16
Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, my Lord, "In all [of] the public squares [there will be] wailing, and in all [of] the streets [they will say], 'Alas, alas, alas!' They shall call [the] farmers to mourning and [to] wailing, to those who are skilled [in] lamentation.
Matthew 22:11
But [when] the king came in to see the {dinner guests}, he saw a man there not dressed [in] wedding clothes.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.