Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
In Context
8The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
10The waste city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,
Amos 8:3And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says lord LORD. The dead bodies shall be many. In every place they shall cast them forth with silence.
Zechariah 9:15LORD of hosts will defend them. And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones. And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:2-13
General Desolation Announced. ( b. c. 718.) 1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly… Read the whole commentary →