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Isaiah 24:9

Isaiah 24:9 is verse 9 of Isaiah chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

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Isaiah 24:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

9 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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Isaiah 5:12

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Psalms 69:12

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Amos 6:5

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Amos 6:7

Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

Amos 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!”

Amos 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.

Zechariah 9:15

The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:19

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

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