11 There is a crying for wine in the streets: all joy is darkened: the [a]mirth of the world is gone away.

12 In the cities is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

13 ¶ Surely thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the people, [b]as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the grapes when the vintage is ended.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:11 Because they did not use God’s benefits aright, their pleasures should fail, and they fall to mourning.
  2. Isaiah 24:13 He comforteth the faithful, declaring that in this great desolation the Lord will assemble his Church which shall praise his Name, as Isa. 10:22.

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