Isaiah 24:7
5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
8 The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
9 They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
- KJV
- The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
- WEB
- The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
- ASV
- The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
- DARBY
- The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
- BLB
- The new wine has failed, the vine has languished; all the joyful of heart have groaned.
- ÅB
- Mosten visner, vintreet sykner bort; alle de som før var så hjerteglade, sukker nå.
- OTB
- Den nye vinen sørger, vintreet visner, alle de hjertens glade sukker.
- B1930
- Mosten visner, vintreet sykner bort; alle de som før var så hjerteglade, sukker nu.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 16:10
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
Read in contextJoel 1:10–12
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
Read in contextIsaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
Read in contextHosea 9:1–2
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:9–13
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
Read in context