They do not drink wine with song;
(A)Intoxicating drink is (B)bitter to those who drink it.
10 The (C)city of chaos is broken down;
(D)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (E)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(F)All joy [a]turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:11 Lit is darkened

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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