Isaiah 24:9
They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink it.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.
10All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:11Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them.
Isaiah 5:22Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink:
Amos 8:3And the ceilings of the temple shall howl in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many a fallen one in every place; I will bring silence upon them.
Zechariah 9:15The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with slingstones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as 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 →