Isaiah 24:9
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
Majority Standard Bible
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 joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
Zechariah 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched 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 →