KJV King James Version
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
WEB World English Bible
They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
ASV American Standard Version
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 24
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
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Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:Ecclesiastes 9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.Isaiah 5:11-12Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!Amos 8:10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.Psalm 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Amos 8:3And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.Amos 6:5-7That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;Ephesians 5:18-19And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Zechariah 9:15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.
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