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They no longer sing as they drink their wine. The beer now tastes bitter to those who drink it.

10 “Total Confusion” is a good name for this city. The city has been destroyed. People cannot enter the houses. The doors are blocked. 11 People still ask for wine in the marketplaces, but all the joy is gone. It was carried off with everything else.

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No longer do they drink wine(A) with a song;
    the beer is bitter(B) to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city(C) lies desolate;(D)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(E) for wine;(F)
    all joy turns to gloom,(G)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.

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