Isaiah 24:9
They do not drink wine with a song, || Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
Literal Standard 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
10It was broken down—a city of emptiness, || Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, || And those drinking strong drink, || Play on instruments.
Isaiah 5:11Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, || They pursue strong drink! Lingering in twilight, wine inflames them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe [to] the mighty to drink wine, || And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
Amos 8:3And female singers have howled of a palace in that day,” || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || “Many [are] the carcasses, into any place throw—hush!”
Zechariah 9:15YHWH of Hosts covers them over, || And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, || Indeed, they have drunk, || They have made a noise as wine, || And they have been full as a bowl, || As corners of an 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 →