Isaiah 24:9
7 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.
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
10 The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
11 In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
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
- They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
- KJV
- They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
- WEB
- They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
- ASV
- They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
- DARBY
- They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
- BLB
- They will not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
- ÅB
- De drikker ikke lenger vin under sang; besk er den sterke drikk for dem som drikker den.
- OTB
- De drikker ikke vin med sang; sterk drikk er bitter for dem som drikker den.
- B1930
- De drikker ikke lenger vin under sang; besk er den sterke drikk for dem som drikker den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:22
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Read in contextAmos 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!”
Read in contextIsaiah 5:11–12
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
Read in contextAmos 6:5–7
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
Read in contextAmos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Read in contextPsalms 69:12
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
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