10 The (A)city of chaos is broken down;
(B)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (C)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(D)All joy [a]turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the (E)gate is battered to ruins.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:11 Lit is darkened

10 The ruined city(A) lies desolate;(B)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(C) for wine;(D)
    all joy turns to gloom,(E)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(F)
    its gate(G) is battered to pieces.

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