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 ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:
Hosea 7:14
They haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day. For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from Shaddai.

All joy

Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
Isaiah 8:22
and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
Isaiah 9:19
Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts, the land is burnt up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.
Jeremiah 48:33
Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Lamentations 5:14
The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
Amos 5:16
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas. Alas.' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
Matthew 22:11
But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothing,
Luke 16:25
"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.