Isaiah 24:9
Amidst singing shall they no [more] drink wine; bitter shall be the strong drink to those that drink it.
Leeser Tanakh
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
10Broken down is the city of desolation; shut up is every house that none can enter.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12(69:13) Those that sit in the gate talk against me; and [about me make] songs the drinkers of strong drink.
Isaiah 5:11Woe unto those that rise up early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink; that continue until late in the twilight, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe unto those that are heroes to drink wine, and men of might to mingle strong drink;
Amos 8:3And the songs of the temple shall become a wailing on that day, saith the Lord Eternal: many shall be the dead bodies; in every place shall men throw them down, [saying,] Be silent.
Zechariah 9:15The Lord of hosts will be a shield over them; and they shall devour [the prey], and subdue the sling-stones; and they shall drink, make a noise as one [drunken with] wine; and they shall be filled like the offering-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 →