Isaiah 24:9
They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
Darby Translation
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 tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
10The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
Amos 8:3And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence!
Zechariah 9:15Jehovah 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 from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, 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 →