Isaiah 24:9
They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
World Messianic 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 mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
10The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
Amos 8:3The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord GOD. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
Zechariah 9:15The LORD of Hosts will defend them. They will destroy and overcome with sling stones. They will drink, and roar as through wine. They will be filled like bowls, 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 →