Isa 24:7-9 | KingComments | STEP | “New wine” and “vine”, symbols of joy, do not yield fruit. There is no cause of joy, any joy is gone ( ). The musical instruments expressing joy are silent (cf. ). The city – probably Babylon – offers a sight of cheerless desolation ( ). When you walk through the streets you hear only wailing because joy and cheerfulness have perished because of the judgments ( ). What’s left is a ruin. The gate that used to be guarded is battered ( ). The city no longer offers any protection. What applies to the city applies to the entire (prophetic) earth, the current western civilization. The judgments have brought in their lugubrious harvest (cf. ). The wine harvest corresponds with the final judgment. What remains is only a human being here and there, just as an olive or a grape is left here and there after a harvest ( ; ).

‏ Isaiah 24:7-9

All Joy Is Gone

“New wine” and “vine”, symbols of joy, do not yield fruit. There is no cause of joy, any joy is gone (Isa 24:7-9). The musical instruments expressing joy are silent (cf. Rev 18:22). The city – probably Babylon – offers a sight of cheerless desolation (Isa 24:10). When you walk through the streets you hear only wailing because joy and cheerfulness have perished because of the judgments (Isa 24:11).

What’s left is a ruin. The gate that used to be guarded is battered (Isa 24:12). The city no longer offers any protection. What applies to the city applies to the entire (prophetic) earth, the current western civilization. The judgments have brought in their lugubrious harvest (cf. Rev 14:14-20). The wine harvest corresponds with the final judgment. What remains is only a human being here and there, just as an olive or a grape is left here and there after a harvest (Isa 24:13; Isa 17:6).