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Isaiah 24:9 KJV

Isaiah · chapter 24 · verse 9

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.Isaiah 24:9 · King James Version

Isaiah 24:9 in context

7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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Commentary

It is a very dark and melancholy scene that this prophecy presents to our view; turn our eyes which way we will, every thing looks dismal. The threatened desolations are here described in a great variety of expressions to the same purport, and all aggravating. I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12

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