Isaiah 24:11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Ver. 11. There is a crying for wine.] The drunkards weep, the ale stakes yell, because the new wine is cut off from their mouths. Joe 1:5
All joy is darkened.] Heb., It is eventide with joy. As the air in the evening waxeth dark, so shall their mirth be turned into heaviness.
The mirth of the land is gone.] Together with their liquor. Wine is by Simonides called the expeller of sadness - Aμυντωρ δυσφροσυναων ..