Isaiah 24:9
They drink not wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
10Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12(69-13) They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.
Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Amos 8:3And the songs of the palace shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord GOD; the dead bodies shall be many; in every place silence shall be cast.
Zechariah 9:15The LORD 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 the basins, 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 →