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The people drink wine but without any singing;
    strong liquor tastes bitter to those who consume it.
10 The city is shattered and in a state of chaos;
    every house has its entrance barred.[a]
11 In the streets the people cry out for wine;
    no joy can be observed;
    happiness seems to have been banished from the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:10 A city in complete disorder and symbolically contrasted with the city of God.