Isaiah 24:9
No more do they drink wine with the song; Strong drink is bitter to them that use it.
Noyes 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
10The city of desolation is broken down; Every house is closed, so that none can enter.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to them that rise early in the morning to follow strong drink,—Who sit late in the night that wine may inflame them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe to them that are valiant to drink wine, And men of might to mingle strong drink!
Amos 8:3The songs of the palace shall be shrieks in that day, Saith the Lord Jehovah. There shall be many dead bodies in every place, And they shall be cast forth in silence.
Zechariah 9:15Jehovah of hosts shall defend them; And they shall devour, and trample under feet the sling-stones, And they shall drink, and shout as through wine, And they shall be filled like a bowl, 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 →