Isaiah 16:10

New International Reader's Version

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one stomps on grapes at the winepresses. That’s because the Lord has put an end to the shouting.

Cross References

Job 24:11

They work very hard as they crush olives. They stomp on grapes in winepresses, but they are still thirsty.

Isaiah 24:11

In the streets people will cry out for wine. All joy will turn into sadness. All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.

Isaiah 32:10

You feel secure now. But in a little over a year you will tremble with fear. The grape harvest will fail. There won’t be any fruit.

Jeremiah 48:33

Joy has left your orchards. Gladness is gone from your fields. I have stopped the flow of juice from your winepresses. No one stomps on your grapes with shouts of joy. There are shouts. But they are not shouts of joy.

Ezekiel 7:7

Death has come on you who live in the land. The time for you to be destroyed has come. The day when it will happen is near. There is no joy on your mountains. There is nothing but panic.

Joel 1:12

The vines and fig trees are dried up. The pomegranate, palm and apple trees don’t have any fruit on them. In fact, all the trees in the fields are dried up. And my people’s joy has faded away.

Amos 5:11

You make poor people pay tax on their straw. You also tax their grain. So, even though you have built stone houses, you won’t live in them. You have planted fruitful vineyards. But you won’t drink the wine they produce.

Amos 5:17

Workers will cry in all the vineyards. That’s because I will punish you,” says the Lord.

Amos 9:13

“The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time those who plow the land will catch up with those who harvest the crops. Those who stomp on grapes will catch up with those who plant the vines. Fresh wine will drip from the mountains. It will flow down from all the hills.

Zephaniah 1:13

Their wealth will be stolen. Their houses will be destroyed. They will build houses. But they will not live in them. They will plant vineyards. But they will not drink the wine they produce.

Judges 9:27

The people of Shechem went out into the fields. They gathered the grapes. They pressed the juice out of them by stomping on them. Then they held a feast in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.