Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink yayin with a shir (song); 1 shechar (liquor, strong drink) shall be bitter to them that drink it. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 tohu is broken; 1 every bais is shut up, that no man may come in. 1
Cross References
Psalms 69:12I made sackcloth also my garment; 1 and I became a mashal (byword) to them. 1
Isaiah 5:11Hoy unto them that rise up early in the boker, 1 that they may chase after shechar (strong drink); that continue until night, 1 till yayin inflame them! 1
Isaiah 5:22Hoy unto them that are Gibborim to drink yayin, 1 and anshei chayil to mix shechar; 1
Amos 8:3And the shirot of the heikhal shall turn to wailings in that Yom, saith Adonoi Hashem; 1 there shall be many dead bodies in every place; 1 they shall cast them forth. 1 Silence! 1
Zechariah 9:15Hashem Tzva'os shall shield them; 1 and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; 1 and they shall drink, and shall roar as through yayin; 1 and they shall be full like a bowl, 1 like the corners of the mizbe'ach. 1
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 →